Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Callistemon speciosus

Myrtaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Myrtales(ordo)
Myrtaceae(fam.)
Callistemon(gen.)
speciosus(sp.)

Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Colvill ex Sweet

, legitimate

, scientific

Sweet, R. (1826), Sweet's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 1, 1

:

155

BHL

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Metrosideros speciosa Sims

legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae.

Flora Australiensis

:

119

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Metrosideros speciosa Sims

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Melaleuca paludosa R.Br.

nom. rej.

taxonomic synonym:

Metrosideros glauca Bonpl.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Callistemon glaucus Sweet

legitimate

Text: "I have followed De Candolle in preferring Sims's specific name to Bonpland's, for, although the Pl. Rar. Malm. bears the date of 1813 on the title page, the later parts were not published till 1816."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

55

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2

:

594

BHL

[secondary reference]

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

:

424

BHL

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

187

[secondary reference]

common name:

Swamp Bottle-brush

[n/a]

Byrnes, N.B. (14 July 1984), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 1.

Austrobaileya

:

75

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2

: 594

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

121

[secondary reference]

Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986), A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3.

Austrobaileya

:

261

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2

: 594

Lumley, P.F. & Spencer, R.D. (29 March 1988), Nomenclatural notes on Callistemon R.Br. (Myrtaceae).

:

412

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Callistemon glaucus Sweet legitimate by

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae.

Flora Australiensis

3

: 119

Green, J.W. (20 June 1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 6

:

17

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Callistemon glaucus Sweet

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Callistemon speciosum Colvill

orth. var.

nomenclatural synonym:

Metrosideros speciosa Sims

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Colvill ex Sweet var. speciosus

legitimate

doubtful taxonomic synonym:

Metrosideros crassifolia Dum.Cours.

legitimate

isonym:

Callistemon speciosus (Sims) DC.

isonym

APC Comment: A name of uncertain application, for which no type material has been seen (L.A.Craven, pers. comm., 2009).

Craven, L.A. in Brophy, J.J., Craven, L.A. & Doran, J.C. (2013), Melaleuca glauca (Sweet) Craven.

Melaleucas: their botany, essential oils and uses

:

177

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Melaleuca glauca (Sweet) Craven

legitimate