Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Melaleuca comosa
Myrtaceae Juss.
Melaleuca comosa A.R.Bean , legitimate, scientific
Bean, A.R. (18 December 2017), Melaleuca comosa A.R.Bean (Myrtaceae), a new species from western Queensland. Austrobaileya 10(1): 70-71, Fig. 1-3 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Queensland. MITCHELL DISTRICT: 2.5 km SE of New Belton dam, Mt Marlow, 19 September 2014, J. Silcock JLS1650 & B. Laffineur (holo: BRI; iso: CANB, to be distributed)."
taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca sp. (Mt Marlow M.E.Ballingall MEB2737) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The species epithet is from the Greek comosus meaning ‘hairy’, and is given in reference to the dense patent hairs on the flowering hypanthia."
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2018), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2017 to 2018. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2018: 9 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Melaleuca sp. (Mt Marlow M.E.Ballingall MEB2737) [n/a]