Leptospermum
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Myrtales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Leptospermeae
Genus:
Species: L. amboinense –
L. arachnoides –
L. argenteum –
L. barneyense –
L. continentale –
L. crassifolium –
L. deuense –
L. emarginatum –
L. epacridoideum –
L. glabrescens –
L. grandiflorum –
L. grandifolium –
L. gregarium –
L. hoipolloi –
L. javanicum –
L. juniperinum –
L. lanigerum –
L. liversidgei –
L. macrocarpum –
L. micromyrtus –
L. minutifolium –
L. morrisonii –
L. myrtifolium –
L. nitidum –
L. novae-angliae –
L. obovatum –
L. oreophilum –
L. parviflorum –
L. petersonii –
L. petraeum –
L. polygalifolium –
L. recurvum –
L. repo –
L. riparium –
L. rotundifolium –
L. rupestre –
L. rupicola –
L. scoparium –
L. sejunctum –
L. spectabile –
L. sphaerocarpum –
L. squarrosum –
L. tairawhitiense –
L. thompsonii –
L. turbinatum –
L. variabile –
L. wooroonooran
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Name
- Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776)
- Type species: Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776)
Synonyms
- Heterotypic
- Agonomyrtus S.Schauer ex Rchb. in Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 253 (1837)
- Glaphyria Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 128 (1824)
- Leptospermum floribundum Jungh. in Java 1: 578 (1851)
- Macklottia Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1: 196 (1847)
Distribution
| Native distribution areas: |
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
Primary references
- Forster, J.R. & Forster, J.G.A. 1776. Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis : collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772–1775. [Editio secunda.] x + 150 pp., 75 tab. Londini: apud B. White, T. Cadell, & P. Elmsly. BHL Reference page. : 71, t. 36.
Additional references
- Bean, A.R. 1992. The genus Leptospermum Forst. et Forst. f. (Myrtaceae) in Northern Australia and Malesia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 643–659. JSTOR
ResearchGate 
Reference page. - Bean, A.R. 2004. Three new species of Leptospermum (Myrtaceae) from Queensland and northern New South Wales. Telopea 10(4): 831–838. BHL PDF Reference page.
- Thompson, J. 1989. A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 301–449. BHL PDF Reference page.
Links
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Leptospermum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 31. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2024. Leptospermum. Published online. Accessed: May 31 2024. Reference page.
- Hassler, M. 2024. Leptospermum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 31. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2024. Leptospermum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2024. Reference page.
Vernacular names
- English: Tea Tree
- Māori: Mānuka, Kānuka, Moonah
