Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Calothamnus borealis
Myrtaceae Juss.
Calothamnus borealis Hawkeswood , legitimate, scientific
Hawkeswood, T.J. (24 October 1984), Nine new species of Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 5(1): 150-153, Figs 18 (map), 19 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Exmouth Road; ... 8 August 1976, Wittwer W1769 (holo: PERTH)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "Borealis, Latin, meaning 'north' or 'northern'. This is the most northerly distributed species of Calothamnus hence the specific epithet."
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 121 [secondary reference]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 350 [secondary reference]
Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 665 [replaced synonym]
replaced synonym of: Melaleuca aquilonia Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca aquilonia Craven & R.D.Edwards legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA