Myrtaceae Juss.
Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. howense Joy Thomps. , legitimate, scientific
Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 401 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "LORD HOWE ISLAND: Mt Gower, a little above Get Up Place, A.N. Rodd 3589, 27.xi.1980 (NSW)."
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 209 APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Leptospermum sp. legitimate misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (June 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75): 77 misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. legitimate by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 145 misapplication: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. legitimate by Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 273 common name: Tea Tree [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: LHI