Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melaleuca huegelii subsp. pristicensis
Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca huegelii subsp. pristicensis Barlow , legitimate, scientific
Quinn, F.C., Cowley, K.J., Barlow, B.A. & Thiele, K.R. (7 September 1992), New names and combinations for some Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) species and subspecies from the south-west of Western Australia considered rare or threatened. Nuytsia 8(3): 338, 340, figs 3a-e, 2c (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotypus: Western Australia: Murchison Region: Tamala Station, 26°42'S 113°43'E, Beard 6800, 11.x.1973 (PERTH). Isotypi: PERTH,CANB."
  • Etymology: "The subspecific epithet is derived from pristix (shark) and refers to its occurrence in the Shark Bay area."
Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999), Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 12(6): 881 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Melaleuca huegelii subsp. pritsicensis Barlow orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA