Taxonavigation

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Melaleuceae
Genera (sensu Wilson et al., 2005): Beaufortia – Callistemon – Calothamnus – Conothamnus – Eremaea – Lamarchea – Melaleuca – Phymatocarpus – Regelia

Name

Melaleuceae Burnett (1835)

• Type species:  Melaleuca L.
  

Note: All genera are probably to be subsumed into an expanded Melaleuca s.l. see discussion page.

References

• Burnett, G.T. 1835. Outlines of Botany, including a general history of the vegetable kingdom. London, John Churchill. 2 v. (1190 p.) Online. Reference page. : 712.
• Edwards, R.D., Craven, L.A., Crisp, M.D. & Cook, L.G. 2010. Melaleuca revisited: cpDNA and morphological data confirm that Melaleuca L.(Myrtaceae) is not monophyletic. Taxon 59(3): 744–754. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Callistemon in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 2..
• Thornhill, A.H., Hope, G.S., Craven, L.A. & Crisp, M.D. 2012. Pollen morphology of the Myrtaceae. Part 2: tribes Backhousieae, Melaleuceae, Metrosidereae, Osbornieae and Syzygieae. Australian Journal of Botany 60(3): 200-224. DOI: 10.1071/BT11175 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Udovicic, F. & Spencer, R.D. 2012. New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Muelleria, 30(1): 23-25. Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Wilson P.G., O’Brien M.M., Heslewood M.M. & Quinn C.J. 2005. Relationships within Myrtaceae sensu lato based on a matK phylogeny. Plant Systematics and Evolution 251: 3-19. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-004-0162-y Reference page.