Forster, J.R. & Forster J.G.A. (1775), Characteres Generum Plantarum: 71, t. 36 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: See note on validity by R.McVaugh, Taxon 5: 162-163 (1956).

Smith, J.E. (1797), Botanical Characters of Some Plants of the Natural Order of Myrti. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3: 264 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 100-111 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fabricia Gaertn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Pericalymma (Endl.) Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Homalospermum Schauer legitimate taxonomic synonym: Macklottia Korth. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 54 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fabricia Gaertn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Pericalymma (Endl.) Endl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Homalospermum Schauer legitimate

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 422 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 146 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 186 [secondary reference]

common name: Tea-tree [n/a]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 156-157, 197 [secondary reference]

common name: Manuka [n/a] common name: Tea Trees [n/a]

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 372-375 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 404 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek leptos, slender; sperma, seed: alluding to the narrow seeds."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 603 [secondary reference]

Merrill, E.D. (1952), William Jack's Genera and Species of Malaysian Plants. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 33(3): 226 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Glaphyria Jack legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 195-196 [secondary reference]

common name: Tea-tree [n/a]

McVaugh, R. (1956), Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families. Taxon 5: 142 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Leptospermum scoparium Forster & G.Forster

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 287 [secondary reference]

common name: Tea Tree [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 265-267 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 199 [secondary reference]

common name: Tea-tree [n/a]

George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myrtaceae (most, not Eucalyptus). Flora of Central Australia: 257 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 166 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 127-128 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 411 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 339-340 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Glaphyria Jack legitimate taxonomic synonym: Macklottia Korth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leptospermopsis S.Moore legitimate

Thompson, J. & Logan, V. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales 2: 154 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 255 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Macklottia Korth. legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 243 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leptospermopsis S.Moore legitimate

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 531 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 170 [secondary reference]

Lyne, A.M. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Leptospermum. Flora of Victoria 3: 1009-1011 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 711 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 178 [secondary reference]

common name: Teatrees [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 347 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 483 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Leptospermum sect. Euleptospermum DC. nom. inval. nomenclatural synonym: Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. sect. Leptospermum legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. subg. Leptospermum legitimate taxonomic synonym: Glaphyria Jack legitimate taxonomic synonym: Macklottia Korth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leptospermopsis S.Moore legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Wilson, Peter G. & Heslewood, M.M. (3 May 2023), Revised taxonomy of the tribe Leptospermeae (Myrtaceae) based on morphological and DNA data. Taxon 72(3): 561 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Glaphyria Jack legitimate taxonomic synonym: Macklottia Korth. legitimate

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