Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 223 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros australis DC. nom. inval., pro syn.

Macarthur, W. & Moore, C. (1855), Catalogue des collections de bois indigenes des differents districts de cette colonie: 13 [secondary reference]

common name: Broad-Leaved Tea Tree [n/a]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(26): 54 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 120-121 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1009 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 199-200 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 268 [secondary reference]

common name: Lemon Bottlebrush [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 203 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 155 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 137-138 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. legitimate common name: Lemon Bottlebrush [n/a]

Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales 2: 170 [secondary reference]

common name: Lemon Bottlebrush [n/a]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]

common name: Yellow Bottlebrush [n/a] common name: Lemon Bottlebrush [n/a]

Spencer, R.D. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Callistemon. Flora of Victoria 3: 1026-1027, Fig. 211z-bb [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. legitimate common name: Lemon Bottlebrush [n/a]

Molyneux, W.M. (28 April 1997), Notes on Callistemon in East Gippsland, including the description of C. genofluvialis sp. nov. Muelleria 10: 59 [secondary reference]

Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 195 [secondary reference]

common name: Lemon Bottlebrush [n/a]

Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 472 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca pallida (Bonpl.) Craven legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Callistemon pallidum DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca pallida (Bonpl.) Craven legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon salignus var. hebestachyus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon salignus f. hebestachys Siebert & Voss legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca sp. (Bald Rock Creek I.R.Telford 11840) [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Callistemon salignus var. australis Benth. legitimate misapplication: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (13 May 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(2): 131 misapplication: Callistemon paludosus F.Muell. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 203

• APC Comment: Treated as Melaleuca pallida in Qld, ACT and Tas.
• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 57 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca pallida (Bonpl.) Craven legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Callistemon pallidum DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca pallida (Bonpl.) Craven legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon salignus var. hebestachyus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon salignus f. hebestachys Siebert & Voss legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon sp. (Bald Rock Creek I.R.Telford 11840) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca sp. (Bald Rock Creek I.R.Telford 11840) [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Callistemon salignus var. australis Benth. legitimate misapplication: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (13 May 1856), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(2): 131 misapplication: Callistemon paludosus F.Muell. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 203

• APC Comment: Treated as Melaleuca pallida in Qld, ACT and Tas.
• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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