Melaleuca information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
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Genus: Melaleuca L.

Family: Myrtaceae subfamily Myrtoideae tribe Melaleuceae
Genus number: 7400
Last updated: 27-Jan-2009
Comment: conserved (nom. cons.) against the homotypic synonym (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Kajuputi Adans., nom. rej.

List of Species Records in GRIN.
Complete List of Names from World Checklist Project of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

References for genus:

Brown, G. K. et al. 2001. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Melaleuca, Callistemon and related genera (Myrtaceae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 14:565–585.
Edwards, R. D. et al. 2010. Melaleuca revisited: cpDNA and morphological data confirm that Melaleuca L.(Myrtaceae) is not monophyletic. Taxon 59:744–754.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2008. World checklist of Myrtaceae. (L Myrtaceae)
Ladiges, P. Y. et al. 1999. Phylogeny of Melaleuca, Callistemon, and related genera of the Beaufortia suballiance (Myrtaceae) based on 5S and ITS-1 spacer regions of nrDNA. Cladistics 15:151–172.

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

(~ ) Beaufortia R. Br.
(= ) Cajuputi Adans.
(~ ) Callistemon R. Br.
(~ ) Calothamnus Labill.
(=~) Conothamnus Lindl.
(~ ) Eremaea Lindl.
(= ) Gymnagathis Schauer
(= ) Kajuputi Adans.
(=~) Lamarchea Gaudich.
(= ) Meladendron St.-Lag.
(= ) Melaleucon St.-Lag.
(= ) Melanoleuca St.-Lag.
(= ) Myrtoleucodendron Kuntze
(=~) Petraeomyrtus Craven
(~ ) Phymatocarpus F. Muell.
(~ ) Regelia Schauer

Check other nomenclature databases for Melaleuca:

ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera
ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Melaleuca cultivars

Images:

Disseminule drawings (Melaleuca cajuputi): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
Embryo drawing (Melaleuca leucadendra): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
Forestry Images (Melaleuca macronychia): from www.forestryimages.org
Forestry Images (Melaleuca quinquenervia): from www.forestryimages.org
Seeds (Melaleuca uncinata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org
Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7400 (20 June 2013)

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