Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Myrtaceae Juss.
Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. , legitimate , scientific
Forster, J.R. & Forster J.G.A. (1775) , Characteres Generum Plantarum
71, t. 36
[tax. nov.]
See note on validity by R.McVaugh, Taxon 5: 162-163 (1956).
Smith, J.E. (1797) , Botanical Characters of Some Plants of the Natural Order of Myrti. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3
264
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3
100-111
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Fabricia Gaertn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Pericalymma (Endl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Homalospermum Schauer legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Macklottia Korth. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
54
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Fabricia Gaertn. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Pericalymma (Endl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Homalospermum Schauer legitimate
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3)
422
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
146
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
186
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tea-tree [n/a]
Sulman, F. (1913) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1
156-157, 197
[secondary reference]
common name:
Manuka [n/a]
common name:
Tea Trees
[n/a]
Ewart, A.J. (1925) , Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters
372-375
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926) , Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3
404
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greek leptos , slender; sperma , seed: alluding to the narrow seeds."
Black, J.M. (1952) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3
603
[secondary reference]
Merrill, E.D. (1952) , William Jack's Genera and Species of Malaysian Plants. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 33(3)
226
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Glaphyria Jack legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1
195-196
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tea-tree [n/a]
McVaugh, R. (1956) , Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families. Taxon 5
142
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Leptospermum scoparium Forster & G.Forster
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
287
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tea Tree [n/a]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
265-267
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1
199
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tea-tree [n/a]
George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Myrtaceae (most, not Eucalyptus). Flora of Central Australia
257
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
166
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2
127-128
[secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1
411
[secondary reference]
Thompson, J. (8 December 1989) , A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3)
339-340
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Glaphyria Jack legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Macklottia Korth. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Leptospermopsis S.Moore legitimate
Thompson, J. & Logan, V. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales 2
154
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
255
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Macklottia Korth. legitimate
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
243
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Leptospermopsis S.Moore legitimate
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Myrtaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
531
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995) , Flora of the Darwin Region 2
170
[secondary reference]
Lyne, A.M. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Leptospermum. Flora of Victoria 3
1009-1011
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2
711
[secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Leptospermum. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
178
[secondary reference]
common name:
Teatrees [n/a]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
347
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
483
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Leptospermum sect. Euleptospermum DC. nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. sect. Leptospermum legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. subg. Leptospermum legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Glaphyria Jack legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Macklottia Korth. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Leptospermopsis S.Moore legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)
Wilson, Peter G. & Heslewood, M.M. (3 May 2023) , Revised taxonomy of the tribe Leptospermeae (Myrtaceae) based on morphological and DNA data. Taxon 72(3)
561
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Glaphyria Jack legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Macklottia Korth. legitimate
