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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Melaleuca
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Beaufortia
Recognized by Kubitzki et al
Calothamnus
Recognized by Kubitzki et al
Melaleuca
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Melaleuca
Melaleuca Linnaeus

Alternative Names

Astroloma marginatum Sond.
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Beaufortia puberula Turcz.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Callistemon gnidioides (Brongn. & Gris) Guillaumin
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Callistemon R.Br.)
Callistemon salignus var. roseus Guilf.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Sweet)
Calothamnus crassus (Benth.) Hawkeswood
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Calothamnus glaber (Benth.) Hawkeswood
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Calothamnus knightii
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Calothamnus nodosus Turcz.
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Calothamnus quadrifidus R. Br. ex W. T. Aiton
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Manglesia cuneata Endl. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Manglesia lawrenciana Meisn.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Manglesia tridentifera Endl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Manglesia trilobata Ettingsh.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Meladendron chilensis Molina
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca acacoides F. Muell.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca acerosa Schauer
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca acicularis Brongn. & Gris
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca alba
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca alba
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca alsophila A. Cunn.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca apodocephala subsp. calcicola Barlow
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca armillaris Wendl.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca armillaris Wendl. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca armillaris Sm.)
Melaleuca brevifolia F. Müll.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca brongniartii F. Muell.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca brongniartii Däniker)
Melaleuca burbidgeae (A. A. Burb.)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca cajuputi Roxb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca cajuputi Powell)
Melaleuca calycina Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca calycina R.Br.)
Melaleuca canescens Nees
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca citrina Turcz.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca conferta Benth.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca cordata F. Muell.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca cordata Turcz.)
Melaleuca cunninghami Schauer ex Walp.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca cylindrica R. Br.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca cylindrica R. Br. ex Benth.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca decora Domin
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca decora Britten)
Melaleuca decurrens Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca densa Colla
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca densa R.Br.)
Melaleuca diosmifolia R. Br.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca diosmifolia Andrews)
Melaleuca discolor Rchb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca divaricata Donn
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca divaricata Donn ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca eriocephala Sieber
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca erubescens Otto
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca eugeniifolia Wall.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca eurystoma Barlow
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca excelsa Raeusch.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca ferrea A. Cunn.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca fimbriata Dum. Cours.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca foliolosa A. Cunn.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca foliolosa Benth.)
Melaleuca fulgens Raeusch.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca fulgens R.Br.)
Melaleuca grandis Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca hakeoides F. Müll.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca heliophila F. Müll.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca heterophylla (Turcz.)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca hispida J. C. Wendl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca hispida Wendl. ex DC.)
Melaleuca hispida Wendl. ex DC.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca hypericifolia C. Sm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca hypericifolia Sm.)
Melaleuca imbricata
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca imbricata
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca juniperina (Rchb. ex Spreng.) Sieber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca kalbarriensis (T. J. Hawkeswood)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca kwongkanicola (A. A. Burb.)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca lanceolata R. Br.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca lanceolata R. Br. ex Benth.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca lanceolata Otto)
Melaleuca lanceolata R. Br. ex R. T. Baker
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca lanigera J. C. Wendl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca laterifolia Benth.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca laterifolia subsp. acutifolia (Benth.) Barlow
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca latifolia Raeusch.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca leucadendron var. nana Brongn. & Gris
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca longistaminea (F. Muell.) Barlow
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca longistaminea subsp. spectabilis Barlow
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca lucida Dum. Cours.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca lucidula
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca lucidula
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca mimosoides A. Cunn.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca muricata A. Cunn.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca myrtifolia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca myrtifolia
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca nematophylla F. Müll.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca nervosa
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel)
Melaleuca nervosa
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca nodosa Link
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca nodosa Sm.)
Melaleuca nodosa var. tenuifolia (DC.) Cheel
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca obliqua
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca obliqua
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca obliqua Büse
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca oldfieldii F. Muell. ex Benth.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca oldfieldii F.Muell.)
Melaleuca oligantha F. Müll.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca oligantha F. Müll. ex Miq.
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca papillosa Turcz.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca parviflora Lindl.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca parviflora Link
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca parviflora Nees
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca parviflora Link)
Melaleuca parviflora Rchb.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca parvifoara Rchb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca pendulina Lodd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca pendulina Lodd. ex G. Don
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca pendulina Loudon)
Melaleuca pendulina Loudon
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca perfoliata Dum. Cours.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca phoidophylla Barlow
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca pinifolia Colla
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca pinifolia Turcz.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca plalycalyx Diels
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca podiocarpa Barlow
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca pumila A. Cunn.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca pungens Brongn. & Gris
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca raggedensis (A. A. Burb.)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca rotundifolia Vilm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca rubriflora Vieill.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca sanguinea Sol.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca sanguinea Sol. ex Checl
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca scoparia G. Forst.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca scoparia Wendl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca scoparia G.Forst.)
Melaleuca serpyllifolia Dum. Cours.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca serpyllifolia Turcz.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca squarrosa Labill.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca squarrosa Donn)
Melaleuca striata Walp.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca striata Labill.)
Melaleuca tenuifolia DC.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca tenuifolia Sweet
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca ternifolia F. Müll.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca tetragona Lodd.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca tetragona Nees
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca trinervia Dum. Cours.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca tubata Dum. Cours.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca uniflora
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melaleuca uniflora Spreng.)
Melaleuca uniflora
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca uniflora Spreng.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca virgata (Benth.) L. A. Craven
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca viridiflora var. angustifolia (L. fil.) Byrnes
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca viridiflora var. rubriflora Pancher
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Melaleuca waeberi Rchb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Metrosideros albida Sieber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Metrosideros coriacea K. D. Koenig & Sims
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Metrosideros coriacea Poir.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Metrosideros decora K. D. Koenig & Sims
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn.)
Metrosideros hypericifolia (Sm.) Salisb.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Metrosideros juniperina Rchb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Metrosideros juniperoides Rchb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Metrosideros nodosa Sol.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Myrtus saligna Burm. fil.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Ozandra hyssopifolia (Sm.) Rafin.
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Phymatocarpus sparsiflorus C. A. Gardner
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hyssopifolia Sm.
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Myrtaceae)
Baudinia Lesch. ex DC.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Beaufortia R. Br.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Billottia Colla
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cajuputi Adans.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Calothamnus Labill.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Conothamnus Lindl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Eremaea Lindl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Eremaeopsis Kuntze
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Gymnagathis Schauer
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lamarchea Gaudich.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Manglesia Lindl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Meladendron St.-Lag.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Melaleuca L.
Authority according to NCBI
Ozandra Raf.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Petraeomyrtus Craven
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Phymatocarpus F. Muell.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Regelia Schauer
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Schizopleura Endl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Trichobasis Turcz.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

honey myrtle
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Tea myrtle
Recognized by admin
melaleuca preferred

Afrikaans

Heuning mirt preferred
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Tee mirt
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Arabic

ملالوكا preferred
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Armenian

Թեյի ծառ preferred
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Azerbaijani

Çay ağacı preferred
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Bulgarian

чаено дърво preferred
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Chinese

白千层属 preferred
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Croatian

Melaleuka preferred
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Czech

kajeput preferred
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Esperanto

Melaleŭko preferred
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Finnish

Kaarnamyrtit preferred
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German

Myrtenheiden preferred
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Hebrew

מללויקה מינים שונים preferred
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Japanese

メラルーカ属 preferred
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Lithuanian

Mirtenė preferred
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Norwegian

Tetreslekten preferred
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Persian

پوست‌کاغذی preferred
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Russian

Чайное дерево preferred
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Turkish

Hint defnesi preferred
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Ukrainian

Чайне дерево preferred
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Vietnamese

Chi Tràm preferred
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Arz

ملالوكا preferred
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Zh Cn

白千层属 preferred
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Zh Hans

白千层属 preferred
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Zh Tw

白千層屬 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Melaleuca

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Melaleuca (this page)
30 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Myrtaceae Juss.
Myrtoideae Sweet
Melaleuca L. (this page)
30 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Melaleuca (this page)
30 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Melaleuca (this page)
30 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Melaleuca L. (this page)
52 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Rosanae
Myrtales
Myrtaceae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
rosids
malvids
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Myrtoideae
Melaleuceae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Rosanae
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Melaleuca (this page)