Myrtaceae Juss.
Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Colvill ex Sweet , legitimate, scientific
Sweet, R. (1826), Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 1, 1: 155 BHL [comb. nov.]
basionym: Metrosideros speciosa Sims legitimate
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 119 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros speciosa Sims legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca paludosa R.Br. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros glauca Bonpl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Callistemon glaucus Sweet legitimate
  • Text: "I have followed De Candolle in preferring Sims's specific name to Bonpland's, for, although the Pl. Rar. Malm. bears the date of 1813 on the title page, the later parts were not published till 1816."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 594 BHL [secondary reference]
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 424 BHL [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 187 [secondary reference]
common name: Swamp Bottle-brush [n/a]
Byrnes, N.B. (14 July 1984), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 1. Austrobaileya 2(1): 75 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 594
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 121 [secondary reference]
Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 261 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2: 594
Lumley, P.F. & Spencer, R.D. (29 March 1988), Nomenclatural notes on Callistemon R.Br. (Myrtaceae). Muelleria 6(6): 412 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Callistemon glaucus Sweet legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 119
Green, J.W. (20 June 1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 6: 17 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon glaucus Sweet legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Callistemon speciosum Colvill orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros speciosa Sims legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Colvill ex Sweet var. speciosus legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros crassifolia Dum.Cours. legitimate isonym: Callistemon speciosus (Sims) DC. isonym
  • APC Comment: A name of uncertain application, for which no type material has been seen (L.A.Craven, pers. comm., 2009).
Craven, L.A. in Brophy, J.J., Craven, L.A. & Doran, J.C. (2013), Melaleuca glauca (Sweet) Craven. Melaleucas: their botany, essential oils and uses: 177 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Melaleuca glauca (Sweet) Craven legitimate