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Melaleuca L.

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Melaleuca L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2, 507, 509 (1767)
Melaleuca L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1767
507, 509
conserved
ICN
Melaleuca L.
genus
Melaleuca

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Melaleuca

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Shrubs or small trees. Lvs alternate, dotted with glands. Infl. a dense regular elongated spike of contiguous fls, the axis growing through it after flowering. Hypanthium continued above ovary, ovoid or campanulate; calyx of 5 distinct sepals, membranous, deciduous. Petals 5, ± orbicular, free, > sepals, deciduous. Stamens numerous, much > petals, usually free, very rarely united at base, commonly in two whorls, strongly incurved in bud; anthers versatile. Ovary 3-4-celled, each with many ovules; style long and coloured. Capsule woody, loculicidal, included in receptacle tube, often persistent for several years. Seeds numerous.

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Melaleuca L.
Australia
Melaleuca L.
Australia
New South Wales
Melaleuca L.
Australia
Queensland
Melaleuca L.
Australia
Western Australia
Melaleuca L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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1 January 2000
4 March 2019
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