List of Melaleuca species explained

This is a list of plants in the genus Melaleuca. In 2013, Lyndley Craven published a monograph of the genus with a description of 290 species, including about 40 sometimes known as callistemons. A new species (Melaleuca lophocoracorum) was described in a 2013 paper.^[1] Craven's inclusion of callistemons in Melaleuca is not accepted by the National Herbarium of New South Wales or by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne but is accepted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. For example, Melaleuca brachyandra is recognised in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families but as Callistemon brachyandrus by the National Herbarium of New South Wales^[2] and by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.^[3] Most melaleucas are endemic to Australia but a few species occur in parts of Malesia and Southeast Asia, and 7 species (marked *) are endemic to New Caledonia.^[4]

Melaleuca acacioides F.Muell. - coastal paperbark
Melaleuca acerosa - see Melaleuca systena Craven
Melaleuca acuminata F.Muell. - mallee honeymyrtle
Melaleuca acutifolia (Benth.) Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca adenostyla K.J.Cowley
Melaleuca adnata Turcz.
Melaleuca agathosmoides C.A.Gardner
Melaleuca alsophila Benth. - saltwater paperbark
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel - narrow-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca amydra Craven
Melaleuca apodocephala Turcz.
Melaleuca apostiba K.J.Cowley
Melaleuca araucarioides Barlow
Melaleuca arcana S.T.Blake
Melaleuca argentea W.Fitzg. - silver cajuput, silver-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca armillaris (Gaertn.) Sm. - bracelet honeymyrtle
Melaleuca aspalathoides Schauer
Melaleuca atroviridis Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca barlowii Craven
Melaleuca basicephala Benth.
Melaleuca beardii Craven
Melaleuca biconvexa Byrnes
Melaleuca bisulcata F.Muell.
Melaleuca blaeriifolia Turcz.
Melaleuca boeophylla Craven
Melaleuca borealis Craven
Melaleuca brachyandra (Lindl.) Craven (=Callistemon brachyandrus) - prickly bottlebrush
Melaleuca bracteata F.Muell. - black teatree, river teatree, mock olive
Melaleuca bracteosa Turcz.
Melaleuca brevifolia Turcz. - mallee honey-myrtle
Melaleuca brevisepala * (J.W.Dawson) Craven & J.W.Dawson
Melaleuca bromelioides Barlow
Melaleuca brongniartii * Daeniker
Melaleuca brophyi Craven
Melaleuca buseana * (Guillaumin) Craven & J.W.Dawson
Melaleuca caeca Craven
Melaleuca cajuputi Powell cajuput or white samet
Melaleuca calcicola (Barlow ex Craven) Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca calothamnoides F.Muell.
Melaleuca calycina R.Br.
Melaleuca calyptroides Craven
Melaleuca campanae Craven
Melaleuca camptoclada Quinn
Melaleuca capitata Cheel
Melaleuca cardiophylla F.Muell. - umbrella bush, tangling melaleuca
Melaleuca carrii Craven
Melaleuca cheelii C.T.White
Melaleuca chisholmii (Cheel) Craven (=Callistemon chisholmii) - Burra bottlebrush
Melaleuca ciliosa Turcz.
Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours. (=Callistemon citrinus) - crimson bottlebrush
Melaleuca citrolens Barlow
Melaleuca clarksonii Barlow
Melaleuca clavifolia Craven
Melaleuca cliffortioides Diels
Melaleuca coccinea A.S.George - goldfields bottlebrush
Melaleuca comboynensis (Cheel) Craven (=Callistemon comboynensis) - cliff bottlebrush
Melaleuca concinna Turcz.
Melaleuca concreta F.Muell.
Melaleuca condylosa Craven
Melaleuca conothamnoides C.A.Gardner
Melaleuca cordata Turcz.
Melaleuca cornucopiae Byrnes
Melaleuca coronicarpa D.A.Herb. (See Melaleuca marginata)^[5]
Melaleuca croxfordiae Craven
Melaleuca ctenoides Quinn
Melaleuca cucullata Turcz.
Melaleuca cuticularis Labill. - saltwater paperbark
Melaleuca dawsonii * Craven
Melaleuca dealbata S.T.Blake - karnbor, swamp teatree, soapy teatree
Melaleuca deanei F.Muell.
Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten white feather honeymyrtle
Melaleuca decussata R.Br. - totem poles, cross-leaved honey-myrtle
Melaleuca delta Craven
Melaleuca dempta (Barlow) Craven
Melaleuca densa R.Br.
Melaleuca densispicata Byrnes
Melaleuca depauperata Turcz.
Melaleuca depressa Diels
Melaleuca dichroma Craven & Lepschi (formerly Melaleuca virgata)
Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. (sometimes known as Melaleuca erubescens)
Melaleuca diosmifolia Andrews
Melaleuca dissitiflora F.Muell. - creek teatree
Melaleuca eleuterostachya F.Muell.
Melaleuca elliptica Labill. - granite bottlebrush
Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. - swamp paperbark
Melaleuca eulobata Craven
Melaleuca eurystoma Barlow ex Craven
Melaleuca eximia (K.J.Cowley) Craven
Melaleuca exuvia Craven
Melaleuca fabri Craven
Melaleuca faucicola Craven (= Callistemon pauciflorus) - desert bottlebrush
Melaleuca ferruginea Craven & Cowie
Melaleuca filifolia F.Muell. - wiry honeymyrtle
Melaleuca fissurata Barlow
Melaleuca flammea Craven (=Callistemon acuminatus) - tapering-leaved bottlebrush
Melaleuca flavovirens (Cheel) Craven (=Callistemon flavovirens) - green bottlebrush
Melaleuca fluviatilis Barlow
Melaleuca foliolosa A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Melaleuca formosa (S.T.Blake) Craven (=Callistemon formosus, C. speciosus) - Kingaroy bottlebrush
Melaleuca fulgens R.Br. - scarlet honeymyrtle
Melaleuca genialis Lepschi
Melaleuca gibbosa Labill. - slender honey-myrtle, small-leaved honey-myrtle
Melaleuca glaberrima F.Muell.
Melaleuca glauca (Sweet) Craven (=Callistemon glaucus) - Albany bottlebrush
Melaleuca glena Craven
Melaleuca globifera R.Br.
Melaleuca glomerata F.Muell. - desert honey-myrtle
Melaleuca gnidiifolia Vent. (See Melaleuca thymifolia Sm. )
Melaleuca gnidioides * Brongn. and Gris
Melaleuca grieveana Craven
Melaleuca groveana Cheel & C.T.White - Grove's paperbark
Melaleuca halmaturorum F.Muell. ex Miq. - kangaroo honey-myrtle
Melaleuca halophila Craven
Melaleuca hamata Fielding & Gardner
Melaleuca hamulosa Turcz.
Melaleuca haplantha Barlow
Melaleuca hemisticta S.T.Blake ex Craven (=Callistemon hemistictus) - Mount Wheeler bottlebrush
Melaleuca hnatiukii Craven
Melaleuca hollidayi Craven
Melaleuca holosericea Schauer
Melaleuca howeana Cheel - Lord Howe Island teatree
Melaleuca huegelii Endl. - chenille honeymyrtle
Melaleuca huttensis Craven
Melaleuca hypericifolia Sm. - hillock bush
Melaleuca idana Craven
Melaleuca incana R.Br. - grey honeymyrtle
Melaleuca interioris Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca irbyana R.T.Baker - weeping paperbark
Melaleuca johnsonii Craven
Melaleuca keigheryi Craven
Melaleuca kunzeoides Byrnes
Melaleuca laetifica Craven
Melaleuca lanceolata Otto - Rottnest tea tree, black paperbark, moonah
Melaleuca lara Craven
Melaleuca lasiandra F.Muell.
Melaleuca lateralis Turcz.
Melaleuca lateriflora Benth. - gorada
Melaleuca lateritia A.Dietr. - robin redbreast bush
Melaleuca laxiflora Turcz.
Melaleuca lazaridis Craven (= Callistemon lazaridis)
Melaleuca lecanantha Barlow
Melaleuca leiocarpa F.Muell.
Melaleuca leiopyxis Benth.
Melaleuca leptospermoides Schauer
Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. - weeping paperbark, long-leaved paperbark, white paperbark
Melaleuca leuropoma Craven
Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. - snow-in-summer, narrow-leaved paperbark, budjur
Melaleuca linearifolia (Link) Craven
Melaleuca linearis Schrad. & J.C.Wendl. (= Callistemon linearis, C. pinifolius, C. rigidus)
Melaleuca linguiformis Craven
Melaleuca linophylla F.Muell.
Melaleuca longistaminea (F.Muell.) Barlow ex. Craven
Melaleuca lophocoracorum A.J.Ford, Craven & Brophy
Melaleuca lutea Craven
Melaleuca macronychia Turcz.
Melaleuca manglesii Schauer
Melaleuca marginata (Sond.) Hislop, Lepschi & Craven (formerly Melaleuca coronicarpa)
Melaleuca megacephala F.Muell.
Melaleuca megalongensis Craven & S.M.Douglas (= Callistemon megalongensis) - Megalong Valley bottlebrush
Melaleuca micromera Schauer wattle honeymyrtle
Melaleuca microphylla Sm.
Melaleuca minutifolia F.Muell. - teatree
Melaleuca monantha (K.J.Cowley) Craven
Melaleuca montana (S.T.Blake) Craven (= Callistemon montanus) - mountain bottlebrush
Melaleuca montis-zamia Craven (= Callistemon montis-zamiae)
Melaleuca nanophylla Carrick dwarf-leaved honey-myrtle
Melaleuca nematophylla F.Muell. ex Craven - wiry honeymyrtle

Melaleuca nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel (= Callistemon nervosus) - fibrebark
Melaleuca nesophila F.Muell. - mindiyed, showy honey-myrtle,
Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. - prickly-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca ochroma Lepschi
Melaleuca oldfieldii F.Muell. ex Benth.
Melaleuca orbicularis Craven
Melaleuca ordinifolia Barlow
Melaleuca orophila Craven (= Callistemon teretifolius) - needle bottlebrush, Flinders Ranges bottlebrush
Melaleuca osullivanii Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca oxyphylla Carrick - pointed-leaved honey-myrtle
Melaleuca pachyphylla (Cheel) Craven (= Callistemon pachyphyllus) - wallum bottlebrush
Melaleuca pallescens Byrnes
Melaleuca pallida (Bonpl.) Craven (= Callistemon pallidus) - lemon bottlebrush
Melaleuca paludicola Craven (= Callistemon paludosus, Callistemon sieberi) - river bottlebrush
Melaleuca pancheri * (Brongn. & Griseb.) Craven & J.W.Dawson
Melaleuca papillosa Craven
Melaleuca parviceps Lindl. - rough honey-myrtle
Melaleuca parvistaminea Byrnes
Melaleuca pauciflora Turcz.
Melaleuca pauperiflora F.Muell. - Boree
Melaleuca pearsonii (R.D.Spencer & Lumley) Craven (= Callistemon pearsonii) - Blackdown bottlebrush
Melaleuca penicula (K.J.Cowley) Craven
Melaleuca pentagona Labill.
Melaleuca phoenicea (Lindl.) Craven (= Callistemon phoeniceus) - scarlet bottlebrush, lesser bottlebrush
Melaleuca phoidophylla Craven
Melaleuca phratra Craven (= Callistemon phratra)
Melaleuca pityoides (F.Muell.) Craven
Melaleuca platycalyx Diels
Melaleuca plumea Craven
Melaleuca podiocarpa Craven
Melaleuca polandii (F.M.Bailey) Craven (= Callistemon polandii) – gold-tipped bottlebrush
Melaleuca polycephala Benth.
Melaleuca pomphostoma Barlow
Melaleuca preissiana Schauer - stout paperbark, modong or moonah
Melaleuca pritzelii (Domin) Barlow
Melaleuca procera Craven
Melaleuca protrusa Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca psammophila Diels
Melaleuca pulchella R.Br. - claw flower
Melaleuca pungens Schauer
Melaleuca punicea Byrnes
Melaleuca pustulata Hook.f. - yellow, warty or Cranbrook paperbark
Melaleuca pyramidalis Craven (= Callistemon pyramidalis)
Melaleuca quadrifaria F.Muell. - limestone honey-myrtle
Melaleuca quercina Craven (= Callistemon quercinus) - Oakey bottlebrush
Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake – niaouli, broad-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca radula Lindl. - graceful honeymyrtle
Melaleuca recurva (R.D.Spencer & Lumley) Craven (= Callistemon recurvus) - Tinaroo bottlebrush
Melaleuca rhaphiophylla Schauer - swamp paperbark
Melaleuca rigidifolia Turcz.
Melaleuca ringens Barlow
Melaleuca rugulosa (Schltdl. ex Link) Craven (= Callistemon macropunctatus, C. rugulosus, C. coccineus) - scarlet bottlebrush
Melaleuca ryeae Craven
Melaleuca sabrina Craven (= Callistemon sabrina)
Melaleuca salicina Craven (= Callistemon salignus) - white or willow bottlebrush
Melaleuca saligna Schauer
Melaleuca sapientes Craven
Melaleuca scabra R.Br. - rough honeymyrtle
Melaleuca scalena Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca sciotostyla Barlow - Wongan melaleuca
Melaleuca sclerophylla Diels
Melaleuca sculponeata Barlow
Melaleuca seriata Lindl.
Melaleuca sericea Byrnes
Melaleuca serpentina Craven (= Callistemon serpentinus)
Melaleuca sheathiana W.Fitzg. - boree
Melaleuca shiressii (Blakely) Craven (= Callistemon shiressii)
Melaleuca sieberi Schauer
Melaleuca similis Craven
Melaleuca societatis Craven
Melaleuca sophisma Lepschi
Melaleuca sparsiflora Turcz.
Melaleuca spathulata Schauer
Melaleuca spectabilis (Barlow ex Craven) Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca sphaerodendra * Craven & J.W.Dawson
Melaleuca spicigera S.Moore
Melaleuca squamea Labill. - swamp honeymyrtle
Melaleuca squamophloia (Byrnes) Craven
Melaleuca squarrosa Donn ex Sm. - scented paperbark
Melaleuca stenostachya S.T.Blake - fibre-barked or straight teatree
Melaleuca stereophloia Craven
Melaleuca stipitata (K.J.Cowley) Craven
Melaleuca stramentosa Craven
Melaleuca striata Labill.
Melaleuca strobophylla Barlow
Melaleuca styphelioides Sm. - prickly-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca subalaris Barlow
Melaleuca suberosa (Schauer) C.A.Gardner - corky honeymyrtle
Melaleuca subfalcata Turcz.
Melaleuca subtrigona Schauer
Melaleuca subulata (Cheel) Craven (= Callistemon subulatus)
Melaleuca sylvana (K.J.Cowley) Craven
Melaleuca systena Craven - coastal honeymyrtle
Melaleuca tamariscina Hook. - bush-house paperbark or tamarix honey-myrtle
Melaleuca teretifolia Endl. - banbar
Melaleuca teuthidoides Barlow
Melaleuca thapsina Craven
Melaleuca thymifolia Sm. - thyme honey-myrtle
Melaleuca thymoides Labill.
Melaleuca thyoides Turcz. - salt lake honey-myrtle
Melaleuca tinkeri Craven
Melaleuca torquata Barlow
Melaleuca tortifolia Byrnes
Melaleuca trichophylla Lindl.
Melaleuca trichostachya Lindl.
Melaleuca triumphalis Craven
Melaleuca tuberculata Schauer
Melaleuca ulicoides Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca uncinata R.Br. - broom bush, broom honeymyrtle
Melaleuca undulata Benth. - hidden honeymyrtle
Melaleuca urceolaris F.Muell. ex Benth.
Melaleuca uxorum Craven G.Holmes & Sankowsky
Melaleuca venusta Craven
Melaleuca villosisepala Craven
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes (= Callistemon viminalis) - weeping or creek bottlebrush
Melaleuca viminea Lindl. - mohan
Melaleuca vinnula Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca violacea Schauer
Melaleuca virens Craven (= Callistemon viridiflorus) - lime bottlebrush
Melaleuca virgata (Benth.) Craven (See Melaleuca dichroma)^[6]
Melaleuca viridiflora Gaertn. - broad-leaved paperbark
Melaleuca williamsii Craven (= Callistemon pungens)
Melaleuca wilsonii F.Muell. - Wilson's or violet honey-myrtle
Melaleuca wimmerensis (Marriott & G.W.Carr) Craven (= Callistemon wimmerensis) - Wimmera bottlebrush
Melaleuca wonganensis Craven
Melaleuca xerophila Barlow
Melaleuca zeteticorum Craven & Lepschi
Melaleuca zonalis Craven

Notes and References

Ford. Andrew J.. Craven. Lyndley A.. Brophy. Joe. A new species of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) from north-east Queensland.. Telopea. 8 November 2013. 15. 185–189. 10.7751/telopea2013021. free.
Web site: Callistemon brachyandrus. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney: PlantNet. 11 June 2015.
Web site: Callistemon brachyandrus. Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria. 7 April 2017.
Book: Brophy. Joseph J.. Craven. Lyndley A.. Doran. John C.. Melaleucas : their botany, essential oils and uses. 2013. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. Canberra. 9781922137517.
Hislop. Michael. Lepschi. Brendan J.. Craven. Lyndley. Melaleuca marginata, a new name for Melaleuca coronicarpa. Nuytsia. 2011. 21. 3. 153–154. 10.58828/nuy00621 . 23 March 2015.
Craven. L. A.. Lepschi. B. J.. Melaleuca dichroma, a new name for M. virgata (Benth.) Craven, nom. Illeg. (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany. 2001. 14. 6. 971. 10.1071/SB01024. 27 March 2015.