Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melaleuca lophocoracorum
Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca lophocoracorum A.J.Ford, Craven & Brophy , legitimate, scientific
Ford, A.J., Craven, L.A. & Brophy, J. (8 November 2013), A new species of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) from north-east Queensland. Telopea 15: 186-189, Fig. 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Queensland: North Kennedy: Ravenshoe State Forest, off track to Bally Knob via Wooroora road, A. Ford 6106, 27 Dec 2012 (BRI); isotype: CANB, CNS, DNA, HO, L, MEL, MO, NSW.
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The epithet lophocoracorum is arbitrarily derived from the Greek lophos, ridge, crest, and corax, raven, in reference to the novel Ravenshoe by Henry Kingsley (1830-1876) in which both the primary family dealt with in the novel and their home were named Ravenshoe, the name Ravenshoe apparently itself derived from the words ravens and hoe, the latter being a projecting ridge of land."
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 25 [secondary reference]