Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca decussata R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Aiton, W.T. (1812), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 4: 415 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Nat. of the South Coast of New Holland. Robert Brown, Esq."
Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1827), The Botanical Cabinet 13: No. 1208 [secondary reference]
common name: Cross-leaved Melaleuca [n/a]
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 133-134 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca tetragona Otto legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca parviflora Otto legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca oligantha F.Muell. ex Miq. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 241 [basionym]
basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron decussatum (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate
Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 392, Pl. CXCVI [secondary reference]
common name: Cross-leaf Honey-myrtle [n/a]
Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 407 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 607, Fig. 804 [secondary reference]
Carrick, J. & Chorney, K. (25 June 1979), A review of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(5): 288-289 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca decussata var. ovoidea J.M.Black legitimate
Carrick, J. & Chorney, K. (25 June 1979), A review of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(5): 288 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca tetragona Otto legitimate
Byrnes, N.B. (29 August 1985), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 2. Austrobaileya 2(2): 135 [secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]
common name: Cross leaf Honey Myrtle [n/a] common name: Totempole [n/a]
Spencer, R.D. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Melaleuca. Flora of Victoria 3: 1029, Fig. 212m-p [secondary reference]
common name: Totem-poles [n/a]
Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999), Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 12(6): 871-872 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Here chosen: South Australia: Port Lincoln, Brown, s.n. (Lecto: BM n.v.; isolecto n.v.: E, K, MEL).
nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron decussatum (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca tetragona Otto legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca elegans Hornsch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca affinis Regel & Körn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca decussata var. ovoidea J.M.Black legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron decussatum (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca decussata R.Br. var. decussata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca tetragona Otto legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca parviflora Otto ex Rchb. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca pumila DC. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca elegans Hornsch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca affinis Regel & Körn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca decussata var. ovoidea J.M.Black legitimate
  • APC Dist.: SA, Vic (native and naturalised)