Myrtaceae Juss.
Hypocalymma xanthopetalum F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 2(12): 29 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In locis aridis ad sinum Champion Bay et flumen Murchison. A. Oldfield."
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 92 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Hypocalymma cuneatum Turcz. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 54 [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): 420 BHL [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 128 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 409 [secondary reference]
Strid, P.A.K. & Keighery, G.J. (31 December 2003), A taxonomic review of the genus Hypocalymma (Myrtaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 22(5): 554, Fig. 9 (map) [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: here designated: MEL. [The type is a broad-leaved form]
taxonomic synonym: Hypocalymma ciliatum Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hypocalymma cuneatum Turcz. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Hypocalimna ciliatum Turcz. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Hypocalimna cuneatum Turcz. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Hypocalymma cuneatum Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hypocalymma ciliatum Turcz. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 126 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. (26 October 2017), Reinstatement of Hypocalymma linifolium and lectotypification of H. xanthopetalum (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 28: 319-320 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "near Yatheroo [south of Dandaragan], Western Australia, 1859–1860, A.F. Oldfield 33 (lecto, here designated: MEL 0104657); ‘Champion Bay’ [probably collected south of Dongara, Western Australia], s. dat., no collector or number specified [presumably A.F. Oldfield] (residual syn: MEL 0104658)."
taxonomic synonym: Hypocalymma cuneatum Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hypocalymma ciliatum Turcz. legitimate
Keighery, G.J., Rye, B.L. & Tauss, C. (21 March 2023), Update to the taxonomy of Hypocalymma sect. Hypocalymma (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), including hybrids and new species. Nuytsia 34: 52-54, Fig. 3 (map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Hypocalymma cuneatum Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hypocalymma ciliatum Turcz. legitimate common name: Yellow Myrtle [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and -petalus (-petalled)."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2024), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2023. Nuytsia 35: 3 [secondary reference]