Melaleuca quinquenervia

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Melaleuca quinquenervia

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 quinquenervia

Name

Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake, 1958

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Metrosideros quinquenervia Cav. in Icon. 4: 19 (1797)
• Heterotypic
  • Melaleuca leucadendra var. albida Cheel in A.J.Ewart & O.B.Davies, Fl. N. Territory: 301 (1917)
  • Melaleuca leucadendra var. angustifolia L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 342 (1782)
  • Melaleuca leucadendra var. coriacea (Poir.) Cheel in A.J.Ewart & O.B.Davies, Fl. N. Territory: 297 (1917)
  • Melaleuca maidenii R.T.Baker in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 38: 598 (1913 publ. 1914)
  • Melaleuca smithii R.T.Baker in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 38: 599 (1913 publ. 1914)
  • Melaleuca viridiflora var. angustifolia (L.f.) Byrnes in Austrobaileya 2: 74 (1984), nom. illeg.
  • Melaleuca viridiflora var. rubriflora Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 11: 183 (1864)
  • Metrosideros albida Sieber ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 212 (1828), nom. inval.
  • Metrosideros coriacea Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 685 (1813), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Melaleuca quinquenervia Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland Introduced into: Bahamas, Caroline Is., Costa Rica, Florida, French Guiana, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Louisiana, Marianas, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

S.T.Blake, 1958. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 69: 76

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 quinquenervia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Melaleuca quinquenervia. Published online. Accessed: June 10 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Melaleuca quinquenervia. 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 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Melaleuca quinquenervia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 June 2024.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Melaleuka
Deutsch: Myrtenheide
English: punktree, Broad-leaved Paperbark
suomi: Mesikaarnamyrtti
français: Niaouli

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