Myrtaceae
Melaleuca

Melaleuca cajuputi Maton & Sm. ex R.Powell

First published in Pharmacopoeia Roy. Coll. Physicians London: 22 (1809)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China to N. Northern Territory. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia

Introduced into:

China South-Central, China Southeast, Sri Lanka, Taiwan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 21, 2015 Nguyen Van Du [HNK 1049], Vietnam K000993443 No
Apr 1, 1964 Korthals, P.W. [s.n.], Borneo K000793349 isotype Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Cuming, H. [2272], Peninsular Malaysia K000793351 isotype Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Cuming, H. [2427], Sumatera K000793346 isotype Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Cuming, H. [2427], Sumatera K000793347 isotype Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Korthals, P.W. [s.n.], Borneo K000793348 isotype Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Cuming, H. [2272], Peninsular Malaysia K000793350 isotype Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0