Myrtaceae
Melaleuca

Melaleuca hypericifolia Sm.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 279 (1797)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New South Wales. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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?
Gamble, J.S. [14538] India K004237762 Yes
Williamson, H.B. [350] Australia K004237780 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004237782 Yes
Forsyth, W. [s.n.] Australia K002234032 Yes
Sutton, C.S. [3074] Australia K004237779 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004237783 Yes
Constable, E.F. [27308] Australia K002234033 Yes
Morrison, A. [5388] Australia K002234029 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004237886 Yes
Morrison, A. [5388] Australia K002234030 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004237763 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K004237861 Yes
[J.W. Maiden] [s.n.] Australia K002234031 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004237887 Yes
[D. Sipman] [s.n.] Australia K004237781 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004237893 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images