Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca howeana Cheel
, legitimate, scientific
[Cheel, E. (1924), Notes on Melaleuca, with descriptions of two new species and a new variety. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 58]:
192
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Lord Howe Island, E. King and J.H. Maiden, January, 1898; J.L. Boorman, May, 1920."
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
167
[secondary reference]
[Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3)]:
270
[secondary reference]
[Barlow, B.A. & Cowley, K.J. (1988), Contributions to a Revision of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae): 4-6. Australian Systematic Botany 1(2)]:
123-124
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
"Lord Howe Island, Boorman s.n., 1920 (NSW)."
[Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49]:
210
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca sp.
[n/a]
pro parte misapplication:
Melaleuca ericifolia Sm.
legitimate
by [Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3]: 159
misapplication:
Melaleuca ericifolia Sm.
legitimate
by [Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75)]: 77
misapplication:
Melaleuca ericifolia Sm.
legitimate
by [Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49]: 145
common name:
Tea Tree
[n/a]