Chamelaucium

Chamelaucium megalopetalum

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: Chamelaucieae
Genus: Chamelaucium
Species: C. axillare – C. brevifolium – C. ciliatum – C. confertiflorum – C. drummondii – C. erythrochlorum – C. floriferum – C. forrestii – C. gracile – C. heterandrum – C. lullfitzii – C. marchantii – C. megalopetalum – C. micranthum – C. orarium – C. pauciflorum – C. repens – C. roycei – C. uncinatum – C. virgatum – C. xanthocladum

Name

Chamelaucium Desf., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 39. (1819)

• Type species: Chamelaucium ciliatum Desf., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 40. (1819)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Decalophium Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 20(1): 153 (1847)
    • Type species: Decalophium pauciflorum Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 20(1): 154 (1847)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Australasia Regional: Australia Western Australia Introduced into: California, New Zealand North References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Desfontaines, R.L. 1819. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 5: 39–44, pl. 3B, 4.p.39

Additional references

• Marchant, N.G. 2019. Circumscription of Chamelaucium (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), with validation of six species names and two new combinations. Nuytsia 30: 317-334. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Chamelaucium in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2018. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chamelaucium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct. 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Chamelaucium. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Chamelaucium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr. 2018.

Vernacular names

مصرى: شاميلوسيوم
čeština: Opuč
English: Waxflowers
suomi: Vahamyrtit
日本語: ワックスフラワー
русский: Восковник
中文: 风蜡花属, 玉梅属

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