Melaleuceae

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

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
Genera (sensu Wilson et al., 2005): Beaufortia – Callistemon – Calothamnus – Conothamnus – Eremaea – Lamarchea – Melaleuca – Phymatocarpus – Regelia

Name

Melaleuceae Burnett (1835)

Type species: Melaleuca L. (1753)

Note: All genera and associated species can be be subsumed into an expanded Melaleuca s.l. see discussion page, but the above are currently accepted by Australian Plant Census and endorsed by the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH). WS can not take sides in a taxonomic opinion and so this page is maintained.

References

Burnett, G.T. 1835. Outlines of Botany, including a general history of the vegetable kingdom. Vol. 1–2. London: John Churchill: 1190 pp. Internet Archive Reference page. : 712.
Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. 2014. New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 663-670. DOI: 10.12705/633.38 Reference page.
Edwards, R.D., Craven, L.A., Crisp, M.D. & Cook, L.G. 2010. Melaleuca revisited: cpDNA and morphological data confirm that Melaleuca L.(Myrtaceae) is not monophyletic. Taxon 59(3): 744–754. JSTOR Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Callistemon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 2.. Reference page.
Thornhill, A.H., Hope, G.S., Craven, L.A. & Crisp, M.D. 2012. Pollen morphology of the Myrtaceae. Part 2: tribes Backhousieae, Melaleuceae, Metrosidereae, Osbornieae and Syzygieae. Australian Journal of Botany 60(3): 200-224. DOI: 10.1071/BT11175 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Udovicic, F. & Spencer, R.D. 2012. New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Muelleria, 30(1): 23-25. Full text PDF Reference page.
Wilson, P.G., O’Brien M.M., Heslewood, M.M. & Quinn, C.J. 2005. Relationships within Myrtaceae sensu lato based on a matK phylogeny. Plant Systematics and Evolution 251(1): 3–19. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-004-0162-y Reference page.