Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Myrtaceae Juss.
Callistemon citrinus ( Curtis) Skeels
, legitimate , scientific
Skeels, H.C. (1913) , Seeds and plants imported during the period from January 1 to March 31, 1912: Inventory No. 30; Nos. 32369 to 33278. United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Bulletin 282 :
49
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Metrosideros citrina Curtis
legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
291
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Red Bottlebrush
[n/a]
common name:
Lemon Bottlebrush
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
155
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus DC.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
171, pl. 13
[secondary reference]
common name:
Crimson Bottlebrush
[n/a]
Spencer, R.D. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Callistemon. Flora of Victoria 3 :
1024, Fig. 211n-p
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros citrina Curtis
legitimate
common name:
Crimson Bottlebrush
[n/a]
Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2 :
196
[secondary reference]
common name:
Crimson Bottlebrush
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Callistemon citrina Skeels
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros citrina Curtis
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros lanceolata Sm.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca citrina ( Curtis) Dum.Cours.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus Colvill ex Sweet
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus DC.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon citrinus ( Curtis) Skeels var. citrinus
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros marginata Cav.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros lophantha Vent.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatum Colvill
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros semperflorens Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon marginatum Sweet
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon marginatus ( Cav.) Sweet
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon marginatus ( Cav.) DC.
isonym
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lophanthum Sweet
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lophanthus ( Vent.) Sweet
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon semperflorens Heynh.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus var. lophanthus ( Vent.) Heynh.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus var. semperflorens Heynh.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatum var. sparsum Regel
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatum var. pendulum Regel
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus var. pendulus Regel
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus f. semperflorens Siebert & Voss
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon citrinus var. splendens Stapf
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros latifolia Dum.Cours.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros rugulosa Sieber ex Benth.
nom. illeg.
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon laevis Anon.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
isonym:
Callistemon citrinus ( Curtis) Stapf
isonym
APC Comment:
Treated as Melaleuca citrina in Qld and ACT.
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW, ACT (naturalised), Vic
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30 :
2
[secondary reference]
Text:
"New naturalised record for WA. G.J. Keighery in litt. (10/10/2018)."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Callistemon citrina Skeels
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros citrina Curtis
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros lanceolata Sm.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca citrina ( Curtis) Dum.Cours.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus Colvill ex Sweet
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus DC.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon citrinus ( Curtis) Skeels var. citrinus
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros marginata Cav.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros lophantha Vent.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros semperflorens Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatum Colvill
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon marginatum Sweet
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon marginatus ( Cav.) Sweet
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon marginatus ( Cav.) DC.
isonym
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lophanthum Sweet
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lophanthus ( Vent.) Sweet
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon semperflorens Heynh.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus var. lophanthus ( Vent.) Heynh.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus var. semperflorens Heynh.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatum var. sparsum Regel
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatum var. pendulum Regel
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus var. pendulus Regel
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon lanceolatus f. semperflorens Siebert & Voss
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon citrinus var. splendens Stapf
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros latifolia Dum.Cours.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Metrosideros rugulosa Sieber ex Benth.
nom. illeg.
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon laevis Anon.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
isonym:
Callistemon citrinus ( Curtis) Stapf
isonym
isonym:
Callistemon citrinus ( Curtis) Domin
isonym
APC Comment:
Treated as Melaleuca citrina in Qld and ACT.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), Qld, NSW, ACT (naturalised), Vic