Myrtaceae
Melaleuca

Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours.

First published in Bot. Cult. 3: 282 (1802)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. & SE. Australia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Assam, California, Comoros, India, Kenya, Louisiana, Marianas, Mexico Gulf, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Callistemon citrinus.]
  • 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. [Cited as Callistemon citrinus.]

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

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v63/2021/165154. epublication.
  • 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.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Cameron, E. & al. (2023). Vascular plants and birds of Rabbit Island/Takangariki, Kawau Bay. Journal, Auckland Botanical Society 78: 7-10.
  • 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.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

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
  • 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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000793595 Lectotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Callistemon citrinus var. splendens K003885323 Yes
Walker [165] Sri Lanka Callistemon citrinus K003885415 Yes
Callistemon citrinus K:SPC-26247.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Callistemon citrinus K003885486 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Callistemon citrinus K003885484 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885452 Yes
Bourne [2609] India Callistemon citrinus K003885419 Yes
Melville, R. [544] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884928 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885447 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Callistemon citrinus K003885487 Yes
McGregor, C.J. [14] Tanzania Callistemon citrinus K003885476 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885450 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago Callistemon citrinus K003885554 Yes
Garden, J. [17254] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003885459 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Callistemon citrinus K003885482 Yes
Bourne [2609] India Callistemon citrinus K003885418 Yes
J. T. de Carvalho [s.n.] Portugal Callistemon citrinus K003885320 Yes
Johnson, L.A.S. [17679] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884929 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884932 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885449 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Callistemon citrinus K003885481 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885453 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885451 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885327 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Callistemon citrinus K003885483 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885468 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885455 Yes
Constable, E.F. [5438] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884939 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Callistemon citrinus K003885477 Yes
Venugopal, N. [22750] Vietnam Callistemon citrinus K003885416 Yes
Garden, J. [17261] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884933 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Rwanda Callistemon citrinus K003885480 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885448 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884941 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884930 Yes
Worthington, T.B. [5462] Sri Lanka Callistemon citrinus K003885414 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003885446 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5446] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884925 Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [11666] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884927 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885325 Yes
Coveny, R.; Thomas, J. [11140] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884935 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Callistemon citrinus K003885537 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Callistemon citrinus K003885485 Yes
Story, R. [6549] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884937 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884926 Yes
Johnson, L.A.S. [40166] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884934 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885527 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885326 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Callistemon citrinus K003885417 Yes
Worthington, T.B. [7015] Sri Lanka Callistemon citrinus K003885413 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zambia Callistemon citrinus K003885479 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885454 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt Callistemon citrinus K003885389 Yes
Melville, R. [496] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003885324 Yes
Kinet, U. [216] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Callistemon citrinus K003885504 Yes
Dang, D. [161] Cameroon Callistemon citrinus K003885503 Yes
Lindley [s.n.] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884940 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885456 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon citrinus K003885445 Yes
Longman, H.A. [s.n.] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884942 Yes
Constable, E.F. [s.n.] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884931 Yes
Constable, E.F. [11457] Australia Callistemon citrinus K003884936 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Callistemon citrinus K003885478 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ireland Callistemon citrinus K003885319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon lilacinus K003885461 Yes
Sinclair, J.; Edaño, E. [9735] Philippines Callistemon lanceolatus K003885427 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI61990] Nigeria Callistemon lanceolatus K003885471 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon lanceolatus K003885332 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa Callistemon lanceolatus K003885528 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cameroon Callistemon lanceolatus K003885472 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Callistemon lanceolatus K003885331 Yes

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