Myrtaceae
Melaleuca

Melaleuca uncinata R.Br.

First published in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew., ed. 2. 4: 414 (1812)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Western Australia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Western Australia

Recorded in error in:

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Craven, L.A., Lepschi, B., Broadhurst, L. & Byrne, M. (2004). Taxonomic revision of the broombush complex in Western Australia (Myrtaceae, Melaleuca uncinata s.l.). Australian Systematic Botany 17: 255-271.
  • 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

  • Craven, L.A., Lepschi, B., Broadhurst, L. & Byrne, M. (2004). Taxonomic revision of the broombush complex in Western Australia (Myrtaceae, Melaleuca uncinata s.l.). Australian Systematic Botany 17: 255-271.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

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

    • 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 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