Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melaleuca pomphostoma
Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca pomphostoma 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): 343, 345, figs 4c, 2f (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotypus: Western Australia: Esperance Region: Below W end of Eyre Range, c.33°51' 119°59', George 9296 (PERTH). Isotypus: CANB."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Greek pomphos (blister) and stoma (mouth), and alludes to the distinctive pustular stomata on the lamina."
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): 898 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA