Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melaleuca megacephala
Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca megacephala F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1862), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(21): 117 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In locis rupestribus et arenosis ad sinum Champion Bay et flumen Murchison. Walcott et Oldfield."
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 149 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 55 [secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 1: 241 [basionym]
basionym of: Myrtoleucodendron megacephalum (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 130 [secondary reference]
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): 890 APC [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Lectotypus (here chosen): Western Australia: rocky places by the Murchison River, Oldfield s.n. (MEL, lecto).
nomenclatural synonym: Myrtoleucodendron megacephalum (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA