Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melaleuca societatis
Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca societatis Craven , legitimate, scientific
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): 904 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia: 16 km S of Lake King on the Ravensthorpe road, 9.xi.1990, Craven & Zich 8786 (CANB, holo; A, L, MEL, P, PERTH, iso)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Latin societas, association, and refers to the globose infructescence that is reminiscent of the shape of the ball used in the game soccer or Association football."
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 397 [secondary reference]