Melaleuca citrina

Melaleuca citrina

Melaleuca citrina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Melaleuceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species: Melaleuca citrina

Name

Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours., 1802

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels in Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 282: 49 (1913)
  • Callistemon lanceolatus Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 155 (1826), nom. superfl.
  • Callistemon lanceolatus var. sparsus Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 39 (1856), nom. superfl.
  • Metrosideros citrina Curtis in Bot. Mag. 8: t. 260 (1794)
  • Metrosideros lanceolata Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 272 (1797), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Callistemon citrinus var. splendens Stapf in Bot. Mag. 150: t. 9050 (1925)
  • Callistemon cunninghamii K.Koch in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 6: 294 (1863)
  • Callistemon flavescens Regel in Gartenflora 10: 51 (1861)
  • Callistemon laevis Stapf in Bot. Mag. 150: t. 9050 (1925), pro syn.
  • Callistemon lanceolatus var. pendulus Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1865: 53 (1866)
  • Callistemon lanceolatus f. semperflorens (G.Lodd.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 312 (1894)
  • Callistemon lanceolatus var. semperflorens (G.Lodd.) Heynh. in Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 107 (1846)
  • Callistemon lilacinus Cheel in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 50: 263 (1925)
  • Callistemon lilacinus f. albus Cheel in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 50: 262 (1925)
  • Callistemon lilacinus f. carminus Cheel in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 50: 263 (1925)
  • Callistemon longifolius (Dum.Cours.) Anon. in Index Seminum (KRA, Cracow) 1867: 17 (1868)
  • Callistemon marginatus (Cav.) Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 155 (1826)
  • Callistemon pendulus Regel in Gartenflora 8: 289 (1859)
  • Callistemon pendulus var. confertus Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 106 (1867)
  • Callistemon pendulus var. genuinus Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 105 (1867), nom. inval.
  • Callistemon pendulus var. rigidus Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 106 (1867)
  • Callistemon semperflorens G.Lodd. in Bot. Cab. 6: t. 523 (1821)
  • Metrosideros angustifolia Dum.Cours. in Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 378 (1811), nom. illeg.
  • Metrosideros falcata Dum.Cours. in Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 378 (1811)
  • Metrosideros latifolia Dum.Cours. in Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 379 (1811)
  • Metrosideros longifolia Dum.Cours. in Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 378 (1811)
  • Metrosideros marginata Cav. in Icon. 4: 18 (1797)
  • Metrosideros myrtifolia Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 80 (1824)
  • Metrosideros semperflorens G.Lodd. in Bot. Cab. 6: t. 523 (1821), nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria Introduced into: Andaman Is., California, Comoros, India, Kenya, Louisiana, Marianas, Mexico Gulf, Nicobar Is., Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Dum.Cours., 1802. Bot. Cult. 3: 282

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A., Sobral, M., Ashton, P.S., Barrie, F.R., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.R., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C.E.B., Soares-Silva, L.H., Wilson, P.G. & Lucas, E. 2008. World Checklist of Myrtaceae. 455 pp. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-391-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Melaleuca citrina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Melaleuca citrina. Published online. Accessed: June 04 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Melaleuca citrina. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Melaleuca citrina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 June 2024.

Vernacular names

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