Myrtaceae Juss.
Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich. , legitimate, scientific
Richard, A. in Lesson, A. & Richard, A. (1832), Essai d'une Flore de la Nouvelle-Zelande. Voyage de Decouvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique 1: 338 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Crescit in locis aridis elevatisque Novae-Zeelandiae (hâvre de l'Astrolabe.)"
Thompson, J. (13 October 1983), Redefinitions and nomenclatural changes within the Leptospermum suballiance of Myrtaceae. Telopea 2(4): 379 [basionym]
basionym of: Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 133 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. legitimate
Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 253 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. legitimate
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1993), Bottlebrushes, paperbarks & tea trees and all other plants in the Leptospermum alliance: 165 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Myrtaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 1021 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. legitimate
Floyd, A.G. (2008), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia Edn. 2: 246 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. legitimate
de Lange, P.J. (2014), A revision of the New Zealand Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae) complex. Phytokeys 40: 33 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "'Leptospermum ericoides nob. Nlle Zelande' Herbarium Richard, Ex. Herbier E. Drake, P! Specimen labelled 'TYPE' in bold red lettering and bearing two handwritten labels by W. Harris dated 26 July 1989."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet ericoides alludes to the similarity in the growth form of Kunzea ericoides to Erica arborea L. i.e., 'Ericam arboream habitu referens'"
de Lange, P.J. (2014), A revision of the New Zealand Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae) complex. Phytokeys 40: 33 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. legitimate