Myrtaceae
Melaleuca

Melaleuca argentea W.Fitzg.

First published in J. Proc. Roy. Soc. Western Australia 3: 187 (1918)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New Guinea to N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1964 Fitzgerald, W.V. [s.n.] Australia K000793414 Isotype Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Fitzgerald, W.V. [1258] Australia K000793415 Type Yes
Perry, R.A. [1943] Australia K004235259 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7629] Australia K004235263 Yes
Adams, L.G. [2861] Australia K004235264 Yes
Speck, N.H. [1662] Australia K004235261 Yes
Wirf, B. [960] Australia K004235256 Yes
Deschamps, L. [1] Australia K004235257 Yes
Specht, R.L. [1118] Australia K004235258 Yes
Byrnes, N. [2886] Australia K004235267 Yes
Perry, R.A. [2627] Australia K004235260 Yes
Symon, D.E. [7642] Australia K004235266 Yes
Byrnes, N. [2886] Australia K004235262 Yes
Must, J. [1095] Australia K004235265 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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/

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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