Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Callistemon purpurascens
Myrtaceae Juss.
Callistemon purpurascens S.M.Douglas & S.David , legitimate, scientific
Douglas, S.M. & Wilson, Peter G. (9 September 2015), Callistemon purpurascens (Myrtaceae): a new and threatened species from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Telopea 18: 266-268, Figs 1-4 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotype: New South Wales: Central Tablelands, unnamed tributary of Megalong Creek north of Nellies Glen Road, eastern Megalong Valley, S.M. Douglas & S. Robyn s.n., 15 Dec 2010 (NSW907108)."
  • Etymology: "the specific epithet derives from the purple colour of the inflorescence."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Callistemon sp. Purpurascens (S.Douglas s.n., 15 Dec. 2010) NSW Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NSW