Myrtaceae
Melaleuca

Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake

First published in Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 69: 76 (1958)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New Guinea, New Caledonia, E. Australia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and invertebrate food, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Queensland

Introduced into:

Bahamas, Caroline Is., Costa Rica, Florida, French Guiana, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Louisiana, Marianas, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • 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.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. 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 Webb, J.L. [s.n.] New Caledonia K000793594 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Forster [s.n.] New Caledonia K000793593 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Forster [s.n.] New Caledonia K000793592 Isotype Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Brass, L.J. [8485] Papua New Guinea K000793352 Isotype Yes
Apr 1, 1964 s.coll. [319] Australia K000793408 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004237903 Yes
[J. Bosser] [21196] Reunion K004237700 Yes
Boyland, D.E. [1543] Australia K002234987 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K004237873 Yes
s.coll. [F516] Guyana K004237907 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2589] Australia K004235003 Yes
Prévost, M.F.; Sabatier, D. [4845] French Guiana K004237904 Yes
Pang, K.S. [s.n.] Hong Kong K004237755 Yes
Pullen, R. [7000] Papua New Guinea K002233859 Yes
Brass, L.J. [27330] Papua New Guinea K002233864 Yes
Cole, M.M. [s.n.] Australia K004235009 Yes
Baxter, P. [759] Australia K002234996 Yes
Brown, R. [4716] Australia K004235002 Yes
Harris, B.J. [s.n.] Benin K004237814 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K004237875 Yes
Simaga, J.M. [848] Papua New Guinea K001625184 Yes
Webb, L.J.; Tracey, J.G. [13342] Australia K002234992 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237842 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237841 Yes
Pang, K.S. [s.n.] Hong Kong K004237754 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [1815] Uganda K004237846 Yes
Moriarty, J.K. [1] Australia K002234999 Yes
Haines, H.H. [93Q] Australia K002234985 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K004237876 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237853 Yes
Cadet, T. [1427] Reunion K004237881 Yes
Mckee, H.S. [10735] French Guiana K004237900 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K004237866 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K004237867 Yes
Pang, K.S. [s.n.] Hong Kong K004237757 Yes
Amin; Jarius [SAN116551] Malaysia K004237775 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [130] Tanzania K004237840 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K004237869 Yes
Batianoff, G.N.; McDonald, T.J. [638] Australia K002234993 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004237819 Yes
Wood, J.M. [3394] South Africa K004237888 Yes
Cadet, T. [1344] Reunion K004237880 Yes
Troupin, G. [16298] Rwanda K004237820 Yes
Corbisier-Baland [2054] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004237818 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237844 Yes
Mshana [187] Tanzania K004237845 Yes
Brass, L.J. [19477] Australia K004235006 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237843 Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [NGF33619] Papua New Guinea K002233860 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2589] Australia K004235004 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K004237874 Yes
White, C.T. [s.n.] Australia K002234997 Yes
Brass, L.J. [25983] Papua New Guinea K002233863 Yes
Pang, K.S. [s.n.] Hong Kong K004237756 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI46942] Nigeria K004237816 Yes
Smith, L.S. [12451] Australia K002234991 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237849 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2076] Australia K004235001 Yes
McKenzie, C.L.H. [91] Guyana K004237905 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237848 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Puerto Rico K004237899 Yes
Byrnes, N.; Maconochie, J.H. [1045] Australia K002234981 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K004237870 Yes
s.coll. [s.d.] Mozambique K004237865 Yes
Brass, L.J. [19614] Australia K002234990 Yes
Brass, L.J. [8478] Papua New Guinea K002233861 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2958] Australia K002234982 Yes
Brass, L.J. [27680] Papua New Guinea K002233865 Yes
Brass, L.J. [27329] Papua New Guinea K002233862 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [3730] Guinea-Bissau K004237810 Yes
Clarkson, J.R.; Neldner, V.J. [9866] Australia K002234988 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [4625] Australia K002234984 Yes
White, C.T. [s.n.] Australia K002235000 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237852 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K004237868 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237850 Yes
L.B.B. [12948] Suriname K004237910 Yes
Durrington, L.; Levine, S. [1121] Australia K002234994 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi K004237871 Yes
Chevalier, A. [566] Sudan K004237821 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004237906 Yes
Boyland, D.E. [1542] Australia K002234986 Yes
Boyland, D.E. [004] Australia K002234998 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K004237811 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] French Guiana K004237909 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] French Guiana K004237908 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2306] Australia K002234983 Yes
Conservator of Forests [FHI1022] Nigeria K004237815 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2325] Australia K004235005 Yes
Brass, L.J. [18854] Australia K004235007 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K004237872 Yes
Gledhill, D. [159] Sierra Leone K004237812 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237854 Yes
White, C.T. [7630] Australia K002234989 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [1771] Benin K004237817 Yes
Gutzwiller [604] Benin K004237813 Yes
Van der Schijff, H.P. [3862] South Africa K004237889 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K004237855 Yes
Blake, S.T. [18180] Australia K002234995 Yes
Delnatte, C.; Santamaria, L.C. [1557] K004237911 Yes
Watkins [610] Tanzania K004237851 Yes

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