Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melaleuca transversa
Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca transversa Craven & R.D.Edwards , legitimate, scientific
Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014), New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3): 665 [nom. nov.]
replaced synonym: Beaufortia decussata Ker Gawl. nom. illeg.
  • Etymology: "from the Latin transversus, crosswise, in keeping with Brown's epithet decussata which refers to the cross-like arrangement of the leaves when viewed down the axis of the branchlet."
  • Comment: nom. nov., non Melaleuca decussata R.Br. (1812).
Burbidge, A.A. (1 July 2016), A taxonomic revision of Beaufortia (Myrtaceae: Melaleuceae). Nuytsia 27: 179 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Beaufortia decussata R.Br. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Beaufortia decussata Ker Gawl. nom. illeg.
  • APC Comment: A name of uncertain application.