Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania

Abstract

The genus Melaleuca currently is the subject of taxonomic revision. In this paper, the 219 Australian and Tasmanian species of Melaleuca sens. Austral. auctt. that are considered to represent Melaleuca are listed together with their infraspecific taxa, taxonomic and nomenclatural synonyms are given, and new names resulting from changes in taxonomic rank and/or the recognition of new taxa are validated. Identification keys are also provided. Of the new names, 48, 3 and 2 result from the recognition of new species, new subspecies and new varieties, respectively, 7 from new combinations and 1 from the provision of a new name. An invalidly published name is validated. The epithet and authority of new taxa are: amydra Craven, apodocephala subsp. calcicola Barlow ex Craven, barlowii Craven, beardii Craven, boeophylla Craven, borealis Craven, brophyiCraven, caeca Craven, calyptroides Craven, campanae Craven, carrii Craven, clavifolia Craven, condylosa Craven, croxfordiae Craven, delta Craven, eulobata Craven, eurystoma Barlow ex Craven, fabri Craven, glena Craven, grieveana Craven, halophila Craven, hnatiukii Craven, hollidayi Craven, huttensis Craven, idana Craven, johnsonii Craven, keigheryi Craven, laetifica Craven, lara Craven, leuropoma Craven, linguiformis Craven, longistaminea subsp. spectabilis Barlow ex Craven, orbicularis Craven, papillosa Turcz. ex Craven, pentagona var. raggedensis Craven, phoidophylla Barlow ex Craven, plumea Craven, podiocarpa Barlow ex Craven, procera Craven, ryeae Craven, sapientes Craven, similis Craven, societatis Craven, stereophloia Craven, stramentosa Craven, thapsina Craven, tinkeri Craven, tuberculata var. macrophylla Craven, venusta Craven, villosisepala Craven, viminea subsp. demissa Quinn ex Craven, wonganensis Craven, zonalis Craven; of new combinations: dempta (Barlow) Craven, eximia (K.J.Cowley) Craven, longistaminea (F.Muell.) Barlow ex Craven, monantha (Barlow) Craven, penicula (K.J.Cowley) Craven, tuberculata var. arenaria (C.A.Gardner) Craven, virgata (Benth.) Craven; of the new name: systena Craven; and of the validated name: nematophylla F.Muell. ex Craven.