Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Callistemon pityoides
Myrtaceae Juss.
Callistemon pityoides F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (March 1883), Note on an hitherto imperfectly known Callistemon. The Chemist and Druggist with Australasian Supplement 5(59): 94 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "gathered far upon the Ovens-River by Mr. C. Falk, and ... by the Rev. B. Scortechini, who obtained his material at the sources of the Dumaresque-River, on the boundary line between New South Wales and Queensland."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1: 247 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 147 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 187, Fig. 166 [secondary reference]
Cheel, E. in Maiden, J.H. (April 1918), The Forest Flora of New South Wales 7(62): 59 [basionym]
basionym of: Callistemon sieberi var. pityoides (F.Muell.) Cheel legitimate
Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 451 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]
doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon sieberi DC. legitimate
Lumley, P.F. & Spencer, R.D. (29 March 1988), Nomenclatural notes on Callistemon R.Br. (Myrtaceae). Muelleria 6(6): 414 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Ovens River, xii.1882, C. Falck s.n. (MEL 652098)."
misapplication: Callistemon sieberi DC. legitimate by Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 268
Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales 2: 170, pl. 13 [secondary reference]
common name: Alpine Bottlebrush [n/a]
Spencer, R.D. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Callistemon. Flora of Victoria 3: 1026, Fig. 211t-v [secondary reference]
misapplication: Callistemon sieberi DC. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 451 common name: Alpine Bottlebrush [n/a]
Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 194 [secondary reference]
common name: Alpine Bottlebrush [n/a]
Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Callistemon sieberi DC. legitimate by Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 137, Fig. 18D
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (2003), Australian Native Plants: cultivation, use in landscaping and propagation Edn. 5: 282 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Callistemon pityoides ‘Little Cobber’ [default] taxonomic synonym: Callistemon pityoides ‘Cobberas Dwarf’ [default]
Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 473 [basionym]
basionym of: Melaleuca pityoides (F.Muell.) Craven legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Callistemon pithyoides F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon pityoides F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn. nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon pityoides F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon sieberi var. pityoides (F.Muell.) Cheel legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca pityoides (F.Muell.) Craven legitimate taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca pithyoides F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Callistemon sp. [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca pityoides Benth. nom. inval. misapplication: Callistemon sieberi DC. legitimate by Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 268 misapplication: Callistemon sieberi DC. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 451
  • APC Comment: Treated as Melaleuca pityoides in Qld and the ACT.
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic