Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melaleuca sculponeata
Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca sculponeata 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): 347, 349, figs 6b-c, 2i (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotypus: Western Australia: Esperance Region: "Giraween" farm, c.65 km W of Ravensthorpe, 33°27' 119°20'E, Hnatiuk 800128, 3.x.1980 (PERTH)."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Latin sculponea and alludes to the resemblance of the detached leaf to the shape of a wooden shoe."
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): 902 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA