Author:
Craven L. A.,Lepschi B. J.
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.
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics