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This is a list of plants in the
genus
Melaleuca . In 2013,
Lyndley Craven published a monograph of the genus with a description of 290 species, including about 40 sometimes known as callistemons.
[1] A new species (
Melaleuca lophocoracorum ) was described in a 2013 paper.
[2] Craven's inclusion of callistemons in Melaleuca is not accepted by the
National Herbarium of New South Wales or by the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne but is accepted by the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . For example,
Melaleuca brachyandra is recognised in the
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
[3] but as Callistemon brachyandrus by the National Herbarium of New South Wales
[4] and by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.
[5]
Most melaleucas are endemic to
Australia but a few species occur in parts of
Malesia and
Southeast Asia , and 7 species (marked *) are endemic to
New Caledonia .
[1]
Melaleuca acacioides
F.Muell. - coastal paperbark
Melaleuca acerosa - see
Melaleuca systena
Craven
Melaleuca acuminata
F.Muell. - mallee honeymyrtle
Melaleuca acutifolia (
Benth. )
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca adenostyla
K.J.Cowley
Melaleuca adnata
Turcz.
Melaleuca agathosmoides
C.A.Gardner
Melaleuca alsophila
Benth. - saltwater paperbark
Melaleuca alternifolia (
Maiden &
Betche )
Cheel - narrow-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca amydra
Craven
Melaleuca apodocephala
Turcz.
Melaleuca apostiba
K.J.Cowley
Melaleuca araucarioides
Barlow
Melaleuca arcana
S.T.Blake
Melaleuca argentea
W.Fitzg. - silver cajuput, silver-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca armillaris (
Gaertn. )
Sm. - bracelet honeymyrtle
Melaleuca aspalathoides
Schauer
Melaleuca atroviridis
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca barlowii
Craven
Melaleuca basicephala
Benth.
Melaleuca beardii
Craven
Melaleuca biconvexa
Byrnes
Melaleuca bisulcata
F.Muell.
Melaleuca blaeriifolia
Turcz.
Melaleuca boeophylla
Craven
Melaleuca borealis
Craven
Melaleuca brachyandra (
Lindl. )
Craven (=Callistemon brachyandrus ) - prickly bottlebrush
Melaleuca bracteata
F.Muell. - black teatree, river teatree, mock olive
Melaleuca bracteosa
Turcz.
Melaleuca brevifolia
Turcz. - mallee honey-myrtle
Melaleuca brevisepala * (
J.W.Dawson )
Craven & J.W.Dawson
Melaleuca bromelioides
Barlow
Melaleuca brongniartii * Daeniker
Melaleuca brophyi
Craven
Melaleuca buseana * (
Guillaumin )
Craven &
J.W.Dawson
Melaleuca caeca
Craven
Melaleuca cajuputi
Powell cajuput or white samet
Melaleuca calcicola (
Barlow ex
Craven )
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca calothamnoides
F.Muell.
Melaleuca calycina
R.Br.
Melaleuca calyptroides
Craven
Melaleuca campanae
Craven
Melaleuca camptoclada
Quinn
Melaleuca capitata
Cheel
Melaleuca cardiophylla
F.Muell. - umbrella bush, tangling melaleuca
Melaleuca carrii
Craven
Melaleuca cheelii
C.T.White
Melaleuca chisholmii (
Cheel )
Craven (=Callistemon chisholmii ) - Burra bottlebrush
Melaleuca ciliosa
Turcz.
Melaleuca citrina (
Curtis )
Dum.Cours. (=Callistemon citrinus ) - crimson bottlebrush
Melaleuca citrolens
Barlow
Melaleuca clarksonii
Barlow
Melaleuca clavifolia
Craven
Melaleuca cliffortioides
Diels
Melaleuca coccinea
A.S.George - goldfields bottlebrush
Melaleuca comboynensis (
Cheel )
Craven (=Callistemon comboynensis ) - cliff bottlebrush
Melaleuca concinna
Turcz.
Melaleuca concreta
F.Muell.
Melaleuca condylosa
Craven
Melaleuca conothamnoides
C.A.Gardner
Melaleuca cordata
Turcz.
Melaleuca cornucopiae
Byrnes
Melaleuca coronicarpa
D.A.Herb. (See
Melaleuca marginata )
[6]
Melaleuca croxfordiae
Craven
Melaleuca ctenoides
Quinn
Melaleuca cucullata
Turcz.
Melaleuca cuticularis
Labill. - saltwater paperbark
Melaleuca dawsonii *
Craven
Melaleuca dealbata
S.T.Blake - karnbor, swamp teatree, soapy teatree
Melaleuca deanei
F.Muell.
Melaleuca decora (
Salisb. )
Britten white feather honeymyrtle
Melaleuca decussata
R.Br. - totem poles, cross-leaved honey-myrtle
Melaleuca delta
Craven
Melaleuca dempta (
Barlow )
Craven
Melaleuca densa
R.Br.
Melaleuca densispicata
Byrnes
Melaleuca depauperata
Turcz.
Melaleuca depressa
Diels
Melaleuca dichroma
Craven &
Lepschi (formerly Melaleuca virgata )
Melaleuca diosmatifolia
Dum.Cours. (sometimes known as Melaleuca erubescens )
Melaleuca diosmifolia
Andrews
Melaleuca dissitiflora
F.Muell. - creek teatree
Melaleuca eleuterostachya
F.Muell.
Melaleuca elliptica
Labill. - granite bottlebrush
Melaleuca ericifolia
Sm. - swamp paperbark
Melaleuca eulobata
Craven
Melaleuca eurystoma
Barlow ex
Craven
Melaleuca eximia (
K.J.Cowley )
Craven
Melaleuca exuvia
Craven
Melaleuca fabri
Craven
Melaleuca faucicola
Craven (= Callistemon pauciflorus ) - desert bottlebrush
Melaleuca ferruginea
Craven &
Cowie
Melaleuca filifolia
F.Muell. - wiry honeymyrtle
Melaleuca fissurata
Barlow
Melaleuca flammea
Craven (=Callistemon acuminatus ) - tapering-leaved bottlebrush
Melaleuca flavovirens (
Cheel )
Craven (=Callistemon flavovirens ) - green bottlebrush
Melaleuca fluviatilis
Barlow
Melaleuca foliolosa
A.Cunn. ex
Benth.
Melaleuca formosa (
S.T.Blake )
Craven (=Callistemon formosus , C. speciosus ) - Kingaroy bottlebrush
Melaleuca fulgens
R.Br. - scarlet honeymyrtle
Melaleuca genialis
Lepschi
Melaleuca gibbosa
Labill. - slender honey-myrtle, small-leaved honey-myrtle
Melaleuca glaberrima
F.Muell.
Melaleuca glauca (
Sweet )
Craven (=Callistemon glaucus ) - Albany bottlebrush
Melaleuca glena
Craven
Melaleuca globifera
R.Br.
Melaleuca glomerata
F.Muell. - desert honey-myrtle
Melaleuca gnidiifolia
Vent. (See
Melaleuca thymifolia
Sm. )
Melaleuca gnidioides *
Brongn. and
Gris
Melaleuca grieveana
Craven
Melaleuca groveana
Cheel &
C.T.White - Grove's paperbark
Melaleuca halmaturorum
F.Muell. ex
Miq. - kangaroo honey-myrtle
Melaleuca halophila
Craven
Melaleuca hamata
Fielding &
Gardner
Melaleuca hamulosa
Turcz.
Melaleuca haplantha
Barlow
Melaleuca hemisticta
S.T.Blake ex
Craven (=Callistemon hemistictus ) - Mount Wheeler bottlebrush
Melaleuca hnatiukii
Craven
Melaleuca hollidayi
Craven
Melaleuca holosericea
Schauer
Melaleuca howeana
Cheel - Lord Howe Island teatree
Melaleuca huegelii
Endl. - chenille honeymyrtle
Melaleuca huttensis
Craven
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Sm. - hillock bush
Melaleuca idana
Craven
Melaleuca incana
R.Br. - grey honeymyrtle
Melaleuca interioris
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca irbyana
R.T.Baker - weeping paperbark
Melaleuca johnsonii
Craven
Melaleuca keigheryi
Craven
Melaleuca kunzeoides
Byrnes
Melaleuca laetifica
Craven
Melaleuca lanceolata
Otto - Rottnest tea tree, black paperbark, moonah
Melaleuca lara
Craven
Melaleuca lasiandra
F.Muell.
Melaleuca lateralis
Turcz.
Melaleuca lateriflora
Benth. - gorada
Melaleuca lateritia
A.Dietr. - robin redbreast bush
Melaleuca laxiflora
Turcz.
Melaleuca lazaridis
Craven (= Callistemon lazaridis )
Melaleuca lecanantha
Barlow
Melaleuca leiocarpa
F.Muell.
Melaleuca leiopyxis
Benth.
Melaleuca leptospermoides
Schauer
Melaleuca leucadendra (
L. )
L. - weeping paperbark, long-leaved paperbark, white paperbark
Melaleuca leuropoma
Craven
Melaleuca linariifolia
Sm. - snow-in-summer, narrow-leaved paperbark, budjur
Melaleuca linearifolia (
Link )
Craven
Melaleuca linearis
Schrad. &
J.C.Wendl. (= Callistemon linearis , C. pinifolius , C. rigidus )
Melaleuca linguiformis
Craven
Melaleuca linophylla
F.Muell.
Melaleuca longistaminea (
F.Muell. ) Barlow ex.
Craven
Melaleuca lophocoracorum
A.J.Ford ,
Craven &
Brophy
Melaleuca lutea
Craven
Melaleuca macronychia
Turcz.
Melaleuca manglesii
Schauer
Melaleuca marginata (
Sond. )
Hislop ,
Lepschi &
Craven (formerly Melaleuca coronicarpa )
[6]
Melaleuca megacephala
F.Muell.
Melaleuca megalongensis
Craven &
S.M.Douglas (= Callistemon megalongensis ) - Megalong Valley bottlebrush
Melaleuca micromera
Schauer wattle honeymyrtle
Melaleuca microphylla
Sm.
Melaleuca minutifolia
F.Muell. - teatree
Melaleuca monantha (
K.J.Cowley )
Craven
Melaleuca montana (
S.T.Blake )
Craven (= Callistemon montanus ) - mountain bottlebrush
Melaleuca montis-zamia
Craven (= Callistemon montis-zamiae )
Melaleuca nanophylla
Carrick dwarf-leaved honey-myrtle
Melaleuca nematophylla
F.Muell. ex
Craven - wiry honeymyrtle
Melaleuca nervosa
Melaleuca nervosa (
Lindl. )
Cheel (= Callistemon nervosus ) - fibrebark
Melaleuca nesophila
F.Muell. - mindiyed, showy honey-myrtle,
Melaleuca nodosa (
Sol. ex
Gaertn. )
Sm. - prickly-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca ochroma
Lepschi
Melaleuca oldfieldii
F.Muell. ex
Benth.
Melaleuca orbicularis
Craven
Melaleuca ordinifolia
Barlow
Melaleuca orophila
Craven (= Callistemon teretifolius ) - needle bottlebrush, Flinders Ranges bottlebrush
Melaleuca osullivanii
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca oxyphylla
Carrick - pointed-leaved honey-myrtle
Melaleuca pachyphylla (
Cheel )
Craven (= Callistemon pachyphyllus ) - wallum bottlebrush
Melaleuca pallescens
Byrnes
Melaleuca pallida (
Bonpl. )
Craven (= Callistemon pallidus ) - lemon bottlebrush
Melaleuca paludicola
Craven (= Callistemon paludosus , Callistemon sieberi ) - river bottlebrush
Melaleuca pancheri * (
Brongn. &
Griseb. )
Craven &
J.W.Dawson
Melaleuca papillosa
Craven
Melaleuca parviceps
Lindl. - rough honey-myrtle
Melaleuca parvistaminea
Byrnes
Melaleuca pauciflora
Turcz.
Melaleuca pauperiflora
F.Muell. - Boree
Melaleuca pearsonii (
R.D.Spencer & Lumley)
Craven (= Callistemon pearsonii ) - Blackdown bottlebrush
Melaleuca penicula (
K.J.Cowley )
Craven
Melaleuca pentagona
Labill.
Melaleuca phoenicea (
Lindl. )
Craven (= Callistemon phoeniceus ) - scarlet bottlebrush, lesser bottlebrush
Melaleuca phoidophylla
Craven
Melaleuca phratra
Craven (= Callistemon phratra )
Melaleuca pityoides (
F.Muell. )
Craven
Melaleuca platycalyx
Diels
Melaleuca plumea
Craven
Melaleuca podiocarpa
Craven
Melaleuca polandii (
F.M.Bailey )
Craven (= Callistemon polandii ) – gold-tipped bottlebrush
Melaleuca polycephala
Benth.
Melaleuca pomphostoma
Barlow
Melaleuca preissiana
Schauer - stout paperbark, modong or moonah
Melaleuca pritzelii (
Domin )
Barlow
Melaleuca procera
Craven
Melaleuca protrusa
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca psammophila
Diels
Melaleuca pulchella
R.Br. - claw flower
Melaleuca pungens
Schauer
Melaleuca punicea
Byrnes
Melaleuca pustulata
Hook.f. - yellow, warty or Cranbrook paperbark
Melaleuca pyramidalis
Craven (= Callistemon pyramidalis )
Melaleuca quadrifaria
F.Muell. - limestone honey-myrtle
Melaleuca quercina
Craven (= Callistemon quercinus ) - Oakey bottlebrush
Melaleuca quinquenervia (
Cav. )
S.T.Blake – niaouli, broad-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca radula
Lindl. - graceful honeymyrtle
Melaleuca recurva (
R.D.Spencer & Lumley)
Craven (= Callistemon recurvus ) - Tinaroo bottlebrush
Melaleuca rhaphiophylla
Schauer - swamp paperbark
Melaleuca rigidifolia
Turcz.
Melaleuca ringens
Barlow
Melaleuca rugulosa (
Schltdl. ex
Link )
Craven (= Callistemon macropunctatus , C. rugulosus , C. coccineus ) - scarlet bottlebrush
Melaleuca ryeae
Craven
Melaleuca sabrina
Craven (= Callistemon sabrina )
Melaleuca salicina
Craven (= Callistemon salignus ) - white or willow bottlebrush
Melaleuca saligna
Schauer
Melaleuca sapientes
Craven
Melaleuca scabra
R.Br. - rough honeymyrtle
Melaleuca scalena
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca sciotostyla
Barlow - Wongan melaleuca
Melaleuca sclerophylla
Diels
Melaleuca sculponeata
Barlow
Melaleuca seriata
Lindl.
Melaleuca sericea
Byrnes
Melaleuca serpentina
Craven (= Callistemon serpentinus )
Melaleuca sheathiana
W.Fitzg. - boree
Melaleuca shiressii (
Blakely )
Craven (= Callistemon shiressii )
Melaleuca sieberi
Schauer
Melaleuca similis
Craven
Melaleuca societatis
Craven
Melaleuca sophisma
Lepschi
Melaleuca sparsiflora
Turcz.
Melaleuca spathulata
Schauer
Melaleuca spectabilis (
Barlow ex
Craven )
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca sphaerodendra *
Craven &
J.W.Dawson
Melaleuca spicigera
S.Moore
Melaleuca squamea
Labill. - swamp honeymyrtle
Melaleuca squamophloia (
Byrnes )
Craven
Melaleuca squarrosa
Donn ex
Sm. - scented paperbark
Melaleuca stenostachya
S.T.Blake - fibre-barked or straight teatree
Melaleuca stereophloia
Craven
Melaleuca stipitata (
K.J.Cowley )
Craven
Melaleuca stramentosa
Craven
Melaleuca striata
Labill.
Melaleuca strobophylla
Barlow
Melaleuca styphelioides
Sm. - prickly-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca subalaris
Barlow
Melaleuca suberosa (
Schauer )
C.A.Gardner - corky honeymyrtle
Melaleuca subfalcata
Turcz.
Melaleuca subtrigona
Schauer
Melaleuca subulata (
Cheel )
Craven (= Callistemon subulatus )
Melaleuca sylvana (
K.J.Cowley )
Craven
Melaleuca systena
Craven - coastal honeymyrtle
Melaleuca tamariscina
Hook. - bush-house paperbark or tamarix honey-myrtle
Melaleuca teretifolia
Endl. - banbar
Melaleuca teuthidoides
Barlow
Melaleuca thapsina
Craven
Melaleuca thymifolia
Sm. - thyme honey-myrtle
Melaleuca thymoides
Labill.
Melaleuca thyoides
Turcz. - salt lake honey-myrtle
Melaleuca tinkeri
Craven
Melaleuca torquata
Barlow
Melaleuca tortifolia
Byrnes
Melaleuca trichophylla
Lindl.
Melaleuca trichostachya
Lindl.
Melaleuca triumphalis
Craven
Melaleuca tuberculata
Schauer
Melaleuca ulicoides
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca uncinata
R.Br. - broom bush, broom honeymyrtle
Melaleuca undulata
Benth. - hidden honeymyrtle
Melaleuca urceolaris
F.Muell. ex
Benth.
Melaleuca uxorum
Craven
G.Holmes &
Sankowsky
Melaleuca venusta
Craven
Melaleuca villosisepala
Craven
Melaleuca viminalis (
Sol. ex
Gaertn. )
Byrnes (= Callistemon viminalis ) - weeping or creek bottlebrush
Melaleuca viminea
Lindl. - mohan
Melaleuca vinnula
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca violacea
Schauer
Melaleuca virens
Craven (= Callistemon viridiflorus ) - lime bottlebrush
Melaleuca virgata (
Benth. )
Craven (See
Melaleuca dichroma )
[7]
Melaleuca viridiflora
Gaertn. - broad-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca williamsii
Craven (= Callistemon pungens )
Melaleuca wilsonii
F.Muell. - Wilson's or violet honey-myrtle
Melaleuca wimmerensis (
Marriott & G.W.Carr)
Craven (= Callistemon wimmerensis ) - Wimmera bottlebrush
Melaleuca wonganensis
Craven
Melaleuca xerophila
Barlow
Melaleuca zeteticorum
Craven &
Lepschi
Melaleuca zonalis
Craven
References
^
a
b Brophy, Joseph J.; Craven, Lyndley A.; Doran, John C. (2013). Melaleucas : their botany, essential oils and uses . Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
ISBN
9781922137517 .
^ Ford, Andrew J.; Craven, Lyndley A.; Brophy, Joe (8 November 2013).
"A new species of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) from north-east Queensland" . Telopea . 15 : 185–189.
doi :
10.7751/telopea2013021 .
^
"Melaleuca brachyandra " .
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) .
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew .
^
"Callistemon brachyandrus " . Royal Botanic Garden Sydney: PlantNet. Retrieved 11 June 2015 .
^
"Callistemon brachyandrus " . Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
^
a
b Hislop, Michael; Lepschi, Brendan J.; Craven, Lyndley (2011).
"Melaleuca marginata , a new name for Melaleuca coronicarpa " (PDF) . Nuytsia . 21 (3): 153–154.
doi :
10.58828/nuy00621 . Retrieved 23 March 2015 .
^ Craven, L. A.; Lepschi, B. J. (2001).
"Melaleuca dichroma, a new name for M. virgata (Benth.) Craven, nom. Illeg. (Myrtaceae)" . Australian Systematic Botany . 14 (6): 971.
doi :
10.1071/SB01024 . Retrieved 27 March 2015 .
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