Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Myrtaceae Juss.
Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex G.Don , legitimate , scientific
Don, G. in Loudon, J.C. (1830) , Loudon's Hortus Britannicus Edn. 1
197
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Metrosideros viminalis Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate
Hyland, B.P.M. (1971) , A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features
82, Code 552
[secondary reference]
common name:
Red Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Creek Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Drooping Bottlebrush [n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1980) , Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1
54
[secondary reference]
common name:
Weeping Bottlebrush [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
155
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. (1982) , A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland
83, 128, 137, Code 552
[secondary reference]
common name:
Red Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Creek Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Drooping Bottlebrush [n/a]
Byrnes, N.B. (14 July 1984) , A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 1. Austrobaileya 2(1)
75
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Myrtaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2
134
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros viminalis Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis var. minor Byrnes legitimate
Byrnes, N.B. (24 July 1986) , A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2(3)
261
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales 2
173
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
common name:
Weeping Bottlebrush [n/a]
Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system
13, 26, 172, pl. 110(d), Code 552
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1
103, 125, 147, Code 552
[secondary reference]
common name:
Red Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Drooping Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Creek Bottlebrush [n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2
318, Code 552
[secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Red Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Weeping Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Drooping Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Creek Bottlebrush [n/a]
Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L. (1994) , Supplement No. 1 to Encyclopaedia of Australian plants suitable for cultivation
C-59, C-66
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon ‘Springsure Creek’ [default]
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon ‘Western Red’ [default]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest
308
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999) , Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs
76
[secondary reference]
Spencer, R.D. & Lumley, P.F. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Callistemon. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
198
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
common name:
Weeping Bottlebrush [n/a]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
343
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
common name:
Creek Bottlebrush [n/a]
common name:
Weeping Bottlebrush [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros viminalis Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. 'Boulia' (L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. (Boulia L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. Boulia (L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
Craven, L.A. (2009) , Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) from Australia. Novon 19
451
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros viminalis Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes var. viminalis legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis var. minor Byrnes legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. 'Boulia' (L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. (Boulia L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. Boulia (L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
Treated as Melaleuca viminalis in Qld.
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW
Craven, L.A., Lepschi, B.J. & Cowley, K.J. (29 September 2010) , Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) of Western Australia: five new species, three new combinations, one new name and a new state record. Nuytsia 20
35
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
Udovicic, F. & Spencer, R.D. (16 March 2012) , New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Muelleria 30(1)
25
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros viminalis Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes var. viminalis legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes subsp. viminalis legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex G.Don subsp. viminalis legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis var. minor Byrnes legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. 'Boulia' (L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. (Boulia L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. Boulia (L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis subsp. rhododendron Craven legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon viminalis subsp. Rhododendron (W.Stanford s.n. CANB 780382) Australian National Herbarium [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon viminalis subsp. rhododendron (Udovicic & R.D.Spencer legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. Prince Regent (W.O'Sullivan & D.Dureau WODD 71) WA Herbarium [n/a]
APC Comment:
Treated as Melaleuca viminalis in WA and Qld. Callistemon viminalis subsp. viminalis is recognised as a distinct taxon in SA.
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Metrosideros viminalis Sol. ex Gaertn. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes var. viminalis legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Byrnes subsp. viminalis legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex G.Don subsp. viminalis legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis var. minor Byrnes legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. 'Boulia' (L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. (Boulia L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. (Rainbow Falls P.I.Forster PIF13786) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. Boulia (L.Pedley 5297) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. (Marlborough Creek G.N.Batianoff+ MC9108006) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca sp. (Rainbow Falls P.I.Forster PIF13786) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca sp. (Marlborough Creek G.N.Batianoff+ MC9108006) [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca viminalis subsp. rhododendron Craven legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. Rainbow Falls (P.I.Forster PIF13786) Qld Herbarium [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca sp. Marlborough Creek (G.N.Batianoff+ MC9108006) Qld Herbarium [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon viminalis subsp. Rhododendron (W.Stanford s.n. CANB 780382) Australian National Herbarium [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon viminalis subsp. rhododendron (Udovicic & R.D.Spencer legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Callistemon sp. Prince Regent (W.O'Sullivan & D.Dureau WODD 71) WA Herbarium [n/a]
APC Comment:
Treated as Melaleuca viminalis in WA and Qld. Callistemon viminalis subsp. viminalis is recognised as a distinct taxon in SA.
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW
