Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Melaleuca genistifolia

Myrtaceae Juss.

Melaleuca genistifolia Sm.

, legitimate

, scientific

Smith, J.E. (1797), Botanical Characters of Some Plants of the Natural Order of Myrti.

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

:

277

[tax. nov.]

Type: "sent from Port Jackson by Mr. David Burton."

Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander.

Annals of Botany

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527

[secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae.

Flora Australiensis

:

143

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Metrosideros decora Salisb.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Melaleuca lanceolata Otto

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Melaleuca bracteata F.Muell.

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

55

[secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1

:

241

[basionym]

basionym of:

Myrtoleucodendron genistifolium (Sm.) Kuntze

legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales

:

142

[secondary reference]

common name:

Ridge myrtle

[n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

188

[secondary reference]

Vernacular: Moonah

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1

:

154, 197

[secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

1011

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Domin

isonym

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

167

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten

legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

129

[secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

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144

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten

legitimate

Green, J.W. (20 June 1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 6

:

19

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Melaleuca bracteata F.Muell. legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

: 129

Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999), Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

871

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten

legitimate