Plant Details

Accepted name:

Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours. [Myrtaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

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Information about this plant:

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No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 282: 49 (1913).
Callistemon lanceolatus Sweet Hort. Brit.: 155 (1826), nom. superfl.
Callistemon citrinus var. splendens Stapf Bot. Mag. 150: t. 9050 (1925).
Callistemon cunninghamii K.Koch Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 6: 294 (1863).
Callistemon flavescens Regel Gartenflora 10: 51 (1861).
Callistemon laevis Stapf Bot. Mag. 150: t. 9050 (1925), pro syn.
Callistemon lanceolatus var. pendulus Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1865: 53 (1866).
Callistemon lanceolatus f. semperflorens (G.Lodd.) Siebert & Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 312 (1896).
Callistemon lanceolatus var. semperflorens (G.Lodd.) Heynh. Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 107 (1846).
Callistemon lanceolatus var. sparsus Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 39 (1856), nom. superfl.
Callistemon lilacinus Cheel Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 50: 263 (1925).
Callistemon lilacinus f. albus Cheel Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 50: 262 (1925).
Callistemon lilacinus f. carminus Cheel Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 50: 263 (1925).
Callistemon longifolius (Dum.Cours.) Anon. Index Seminum (KRA, Cracow) 1867: 17 (1868).
Callistemon marginatus (Cav.) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 155 (1826).
Callistemon pendulus Regel Gartenflora 8: 289 (1859).
Callistemon pendulus var. confertus Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 106 (1867).
Callistemon pendulus var. genuinus Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 105 (1867), not validly publ.
Callistemon pendulus var. rigidus Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 106 (1867).
Callistemon semperflorens G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 6: t. 523 (1821).
Metrosideros angustifolia Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 378 (1811), nom. illeg.
Metrosideros citrina Curtis Bot. Mag. 8: t. 260 (1794).
Metrosideros falcata Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 378 (1811).
Metrosideros lanceolata Sm. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 272 (1797), nom. superfl.
Metrosideros latifolia Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 379 (1811).
Metrosideros longifolia Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 5: 378 (1811).
Metrosideros marginata Cav. Icon. 4: 18 (1797).
Metrosideros myrtifolia Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 80 (1824).
Metrosideros semperflorens G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 6: t. 523 (1821), nom. nud.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Callistemon citrinus	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Callistemon lanceolatus Sweet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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