Summary
Place of publication:
Fragm. 1:15. 1858
Comment:
date of publication verified from original literature
Verified:
12/14/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Blake, S. T. 1968. A revision of Melaleuca leucadendron and its allies (Myrtaceae). Contr. Queensland Herb. 1:65.
- Byrnes, N. B. 1986. A revision of Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) in northern and eastern Australia, 3. Austrobaileya 2:260.
- Craven, L. A. & B. J. Lepschi. 1999. Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12:863.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
- Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
- Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Common names
English
black teatree – bracteate honey myrtle – mock olive – prickly-leaf teatree – river teatree – white cloudtree –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | South Australia | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
Native
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia]
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java]
Northern America
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Bee plants | honey production | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=312834.
Accessed 15 December 2025.