Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca incana R.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (1819) , Melaleuca incana. The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 5
t. 410
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"... first observed by Mr. Brown, in King George the Third's Sound, on the south-west coast of New Holland. ... We were favoured with the specimen, for the drawing, by Lady Aylesford ... We are indebted to Mr. Brown for the specific characters, and all we know concerning the plant."
common name:
Grizzly Melaleuca [n/a]
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828) , Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3
215
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca lanigera DC. nom. inval., pro syn.
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3
157-158
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca canescens Otto legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca tomentosa Colla legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca hypochondriaca Dehnh. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
56
[secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891) , Revisio Generum Plantarum 1
241
[basionym]
basionym of:
Myrtoleucodendron incanum (Kuntze legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
130
[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
415
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca polygaloides Schauer legitimate
common name:
Grey Honeymyrtle [n/a]
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)
882
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2
714-715
[secondary reference]
common name:
Grey Honeymyrtle [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Myrtoleucodendron incanum (Kuntze legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca canescens Otto legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca tomentosa Colla legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca hypochondriaca Dehnh. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca polygaloides Schauer legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Myrtoleucodendron polygalodes Kuntze orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Myrtoleucodendron polygaloides (Kuntze legitimate
APC Comment:
Infraspecific identity of plants naturalised in SA is uncertain.
APC Dist.:
WA, SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Myrtoleucodendron incanum (Kuntze legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca canescens Otto legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca tomentosa Colla legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca lanigera DC. nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca hypochondriaca Dehnh. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca polygaloides Schauer legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Myrtoleucodendron polygalodes Kuntze orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Myrtoleucodendron polygaloides (Kuntze legitimate
APC Comment:
Infraspecific identity of plants naturalised in SA is uncertain.
APC Dist.:
WA, SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
