Myrtaceae
Backhousia

Backhousia citriodora F.Muell.

First published in Fragm. 1: 78 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Queensland. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Queensland

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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 Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"
  • GRIN (USDA)
  • MPNS Import
  • US-FDA GSRS (2025)
  • WHODrug Herbal Substances 2025

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mueller, F, J.H.von [s.n.] Australia K000793791 Isotype Yes
Hyland, B.P.M. [4160RFK] K004239960 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004239963 Yes
Thomson, E. [206] Australia K004239965 Yes
Forster, P.I.; McDonald, W.J. [PIF8189] Australia K004239961 Yes
[Hill] [55] Australia K004239959 Yes
Cecil (Lady) [208] Australia K004239964 Yes
Blake, S.T. [2034] Australia K004239967 Yes
Mueller, F, J.H.von [s.n.] Australia K000793790 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004239966 Yes
Longman, H.A. [s.n.] Australia K004239962 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004239996 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0