Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca decussata R.Br.
, legitimate, scientific
[Aiton, W.T. (1812), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 4]:
415
[tax. nov.]
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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]
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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]:
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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
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APC Dist.:
SA, Vic (native and naturalised)