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List of Melaleuca species

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This is a list of plants in the genus Melaleuca, which is in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.

There are about 300 recognised species, most of which are endemic to Australia.[1][2] A few species occur in Malesia and 7 species (marked *) are endemic to New Caledonia.[1][2] Here is a list of most of the species:

Melaleuca nervosa

References

  1. ^ a b Brophy, Joseph J.; Craven, Lyndley A.; Doran, John C. (2013). Melaleucas : their botany, essential oils and uses. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. ISBN 9781922137517.
  2. ^ a b Brophy, Joseph J,; Craven, Lyndley A.; Doran, John C. "Melaleucas:their botany, essential oils and uses". Australian centre for international agricultural research. ISBN 9781922137524. Retrieved 19 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Hislop, Michael; Lepschi, Brendan J.; Craven, Lyndley (2011). "Melaleuca marginata, a new name for Melaleuca coronicarpa" (PDF). Nuytsia. 21 (3): 153–154. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. ^ Craven, L. A.; Lepschi, B. J. (2001). "Melaleuca dichroma, a new name for M. virgata (Benth.) Craven, nom. Illeg. (Myrtaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 14 (6): 971. doi:10.1071/SB01024. Retrieved 27 March 2015.