Myrtaceae Juss.
Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet , legitimate, scientific
Sweet, R. (1826), Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 1, 1: 155 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Metrosideros saligna Sm. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 12 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 6 [secondary reference]
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 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros saligna Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon lophanthus (Vent.) Sweet legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(26): 54 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros saligna Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros viridiflora Sims legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon viridiflorus (Sims) Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon lophanthus (Vent.) Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon sieberi DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon paludosus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon pityoides F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. misapplication: Melaleuca paludosa R.Br. nom. rej. by Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von (December 1847), Sudaustralische Pflanzen. II. Bestimmung und Beschreibung der von Dr Behr in Sudaustralien gesammelten Pflanzen. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 20: 653
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 120-121 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros saligna Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon lophanthus (Vent.) Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 79 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 4 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Callistemon paludosus F.Muell. legitimate
  • Comment: Mueller lists "Callistemon paludosus = C. salignus ...". Since Callistemon paludosus F.Muell. was previously accepted by Mueller on p. 55 of the Systematic Census (1882), Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet is here treated as being a newly-accepted name in this Supplement.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 94 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 53 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 147 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 187 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 151, 197 [secondary reference]
common name: Willow-leaved Bottle-brush [n/a]
Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 383-388, Pl. CXCIII [secondary reference]
common name: Willow Bottlebrush [n/a]
Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 405 [secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1009 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros saligna Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros pallida Bonpl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 605 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 199 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC. legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 291 [secondary reference]
common name: Willow Bottlebrush [n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 52 [secondary reference]
common name: Willow Bottlebrush [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 155 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Callistemon salignus var. hebestachyus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon salignus var. angustifolius Benth. nom. illeg.
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 137, Fig. 18E [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros saligna Sm. legitimate common name: Willow Bottlebrush [n/a] common name: White 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: Willow Bottlebrush [n/a]
Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]
common name: Willow Bottlebrush [n/a] common name: White Bottlebrush [n/a] common name: Pink tip Bottlebrush [n/a] common name: Pink Tips [n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 84 [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: Sweet Willow Bottlebrush [n/a]
Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 473 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca salicina Craven legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Callistemon salignum Colvill orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros saligna Sm. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet var. salignus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon salignus var. typica F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon salignus var. typicus F.Muell. [default] nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colvill ex Sweet f. salignus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca salicina Craven legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros saligna Vent. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Metrosyderos saligna Bonpl. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros saligna Bonpl. nom. illeg. doubtful taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros australis Bonpl. nom. inval., nom. nud. doubtful taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros australis DC. nom. inval., pro syn. isonym: Callistemon salignus (Sm.) DC. isonym
  • APC Comment: Treated as Melaleuca salicina in Qld.
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC. 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
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 57 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Melaleuca pallida (Bonpl.) Craven legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 120-121
Callmander, M.W., Durbin, O.D., Lack, H.-W., Bungener, P., Martin, P. & Gautier, L. (2017), Etienne-Pierre Ventenat (1757-1808) and the gardens of Cels and Empress Joséphine. Candollea 72(1): 108 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros lophantha Vent. legitimate