Melaleuca

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Common name:         Paperbark or Tea Tree

•  commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of Leptospermum)

• Many, like M. lineariifolia, are known as paperbarks and have bark that can be peeled in thin sheets, whilst about 20% of the genus, including M. bracteata, have hard, rough bark and another 20% have fibrous bark

• The common name "tea tree" has been applied to species in the genera Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Kunzea, and Baeckea because the sailors on the Endeavour used the leaves of a shrub from one of these groups as a replacement for tea (Camellia sinensis) during Captain James Cook's 1770 voyage to Australia

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

• The name Melaleuca is derived from the Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas) meaning "dark" or "black" and λευκός (leukós) meaning "white"

• Apparently because one of the first specimens described had fire-blackened white bark

Flowers:                  

• Their flowers generally occur in groups, forming a "head" or "spike" resembling a brush used for cleaning bottles, containing up to 80 individual flowers

• Within the head or spike, the flowers are often in groups of two or three, each flower or group having a papery bract at its base

• Five sepals occur, although these are sometimes fused into a ring of tissue and five petals which are usually small, not showy, and fall off as the flower opens or soon after

• The stamens vary greatly in colour, from white to cream or yellow, red, or mauve with their yellow tips (the anthers) contrasting with their "stalks" (filaments)

Fruit:                         

• The fruit are woody, cup-shaped, barrel-shaped, or almost spherical capsules, often arranged in clusters along the stems

• The seeds are sometimes retained in the fruit for many years, only opening when the plant, or part of it, dies or is heated in a bushfire

• In tropical areas, seeds are released annually in the wet season

Leaves:         

• Every species in the genus is an evergreen,

• The leaves vary in size from minute and scale-like (M. micromera) to 270 mm long (M. leucadendra)

• Most have distinct oil glands dotted in the leaves, making the leaves aromatic, especially when crushed

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• They range in size from small shrubs that rarely grow to more than 16 m) high, to trees up to 35 

• One specimen of M. cajuputi reached a height of 46 m 

Habitat:   

• Melaleucas grow in a range of soil types and many tolerate occasional or even permanent waterlogging

• Some species, especially the South Australian swamp paperbark, M. halmaturorum, thrive in saline soils where few other species survive

• Many are fire tolerant, regenerating from epicormic buds or by coppicing, but no melaleucas occur in rainforest and few species occur in the arid zone

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• Melaleucas are found in a wide variety of habitats. 

• Many are adapted for life in swamps and boggy places, while others thrive in the poorest of sandy soils or on the edge of saltpans. Some have a wide distribution and are common, whilst others are rare and endangered. Land clearing, exotic myrtle rust, and especially draining and clearing of swamps threaten many species.

Distribution:                  

• Most melaleucas are endemic to Australia, with a few also occurring in Malesia

• Most melaleucas occur naturally only on the Australian mainland

• Eight occur in Tasmania, but only two are endemic to that island

• One (M. howeana) is endemic to Lord Howe Island and seven are endemic to Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia

• A few tropical species also occur in Papua New Guinea, and the distribution of one subspecies, Melaleuca cajuputi subsp. cumingiana extends as far north as Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam

• The southwest of Western Australia has the greatest density of species, and in the tropical north of the continent, species such as M. argentea and M. leucadendra are the dominant species over large areas

Species:                     

• World:           ~300

• Australia:     ~290

Additional notes:     

• Melaleucas are an important food source for nectarivorous insects, birds, and mammals

• Many are popular garden plants, either for their attractive flowers or as dense screens and a few have economic value for producing fencing and oils such as "tea tree" oil

• Taxonomy

  • The first known description of a Melaleuca species was written by Rumphius in 1741, in Herbarium amboinense before the present system of naming plants was written

  • The plant he called Arbor alba is now known as Melaleuca leucadendra

  • The name Melaleuca was first used by Linnaeus in 1767

  • Many species previously known as Metrosideros were then placed in Melaleuca

  • In Australia, Melaleuca is the third most diverse plant genus with up to 300 species

  • The genus Callistemon was raised by Robert Brown, who noted its similarity to Melaleuca, distinguishing it only on the basis of whether the stamens are free of each other, or joined in bundles

  • Botanists in the past, including Ferdinand von Mueller and Lyndley Craven have proposed uniting the two genera but the matter is not decided 

  • Evidence from DNA studies suggests that either Callistemon and some other genera be incorporated into Melaleuca or that at least 10 new genera be created from the present genus]

  • In 2014, Lyndley Craven and others proposed, on the basis of DNA evidence and a lack of morphological support, that species in the genera Beaufortia, Calothamnus, Conothamnus, Eremaea, Lamarchea, Petraeomyrtus, Phymatocarpus and Regelia be transferred to Melaleuca

  • The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew lists Calothamnus and the other genera as synonyms of the accepted genus Melaleuca

  • The move has not been adopted by all Australian herbaria with some taxonomists, including Alex George opposing the move

• Ecology

  • Melaleucas are mostly pollinated by insects, including the introduced honey bee (Apis mellifera), flies, beetles, wasps and thrips. Birds such as lorikeets and honeyeaters as well as bats often visit the flowers and are probably also pollinators.[2]: 23 [19]

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  • Some species of Melaleuca, especially M. alternifolia, are cultivated for the production of tea tree oil, and in plantations are susceptible to a number of insect pests. The most significant of these is the chrysomelid Paropsisterna tigrina, but other beetles, cutworm caterpillars (Agrotis species), psyllids, mole crickets (Gryllotalpa), and others cause significant damage. More than 100 species of insects are known to feed on melaleucas. Native stands have fewer predators, but tea tree sawfly (Pterygophorus species) and longicorn beetles are often found.[20] The scale insect Beesonia ferrugineus forms round, fluffy-looking galls on branches of several Melaleuca species.[21]

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  • Melaleucas are also susceptible to myrtle rust (Puccinia psidii) which can result in damage to soft plant material and the death of highly susceptible hosts. Myrtle rust is common in eastern Australia, including Tasmania and has been detected in the Tiwi Islands.[22]

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  • Invasive species

  • Main article: Melaleuca quinquenervia § Status in the United States

  • Melaleuca quinquenervia (broad-leaved paperbark) is the most damaging of 60 exotic species introduced to the Florida Everglades to help drain low-lying swampy areas. Introduced in the early 20th century, it has become a serious invasive species, with damaging effects including the displacement of native species, reduction in wildlife habitat, alteration of hydrology, modification of soil, and changes in fire regimes.[23][24][25]

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• Uses

  • Traditional Aboriginal uses

    • Aboriginal Australians used several species of Melaleuca to make rafts, as roofing for shelter, bandages, and food preparation

    • "Bee bread" and honey were collected from the hives of native stingless bees in melaleuca forests in the Northern Territory

    • The Bundjalung people traditionally lived in the area of north-eastern NSW where Melaleuca alternifolia is endemic, and they treated skin infections by crushing the leaves of that species over skin infections then covering the area with a warm mudpack

  • Essential oils

    • Melaleuca alternifolia is notable for its essential oil, which has antifungal and antibiotic properties in vitro,[29][30] while it is safe for topical applications

    • Tea tree oil is toxic if ingested orally

    • The oil is produced on a commercial scale and marketed as tea tree oil

    • Melaleuca cajuputi is used to produce a similar oil, known as cajuput oil, which is used in Southeast Asia to treat a variety of infections and to add fragrance to food and soaps

  • Horticulture

    • Melaleucas are popular garden plants, both in Australia and other tropical areas worldwide

    • The first to be cultivated were grown in England from seed in 1771. Some melaleucas are commonly cultivated, grown as trees for parks and large gardens (such as Melaleuca leucadendra) or as ornamentals (sometimes as Callistemon) such as M. citrina (Callistemon citrinus), M. hypericifolia and M. wilsonii

• This is a list of plants in the genus Melaleuca. 

  • • In 2013, Lyndley Craven published a monograph of the genus with a description of 290 species, including about 40 sometimes known as callistemons

    • A new species (Melaleuca lophocoracorum) was described in a 2013 paper

    • Craven's inclusion of callistemons in Melaleuca is not accepted by the National Herbarium of NSW or by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne but is accepted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

    • For example, Melaleuca brachyandra is recognised in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families but as Callistemon brachyandrus by the National Herbarium of NSW and by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

    • Most melaleucas are endemic to Australia but a few species occur in parts of Malesia and Southeast Asia, and 7 species (marked *) are endemic to New Caledonia

      • • 1. Melaleuca acacioides F.Muell. - coastal paperbark

          2. Melaleuca acerosa - see Melaleuca systena Craven

          3. Melaleuca acuminata F.Muell. - mallee honeymyrtle

          4. Melaleuca acutifolia (Benth.) Craven & Lepschi

          5. Melaleuca adenostyla K.J.Cowley

          6. Melaleuca adnata Turcz.

          7. Melaleuca agathosmoides C.A.Gardner

          8. Melaleuca alsophila Benth. - saltwater paperbark

          9. Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel - narrow-leaved paperbark

          10. Melaleuca amydra Craven

          11. Melaleuca apodocephala Turcz.

          12. Melaleuca apostiba K.J.Cowley

          13. Melaleuca araucarioides Barlow

          14. Melaleuca arcana S.T.Blake

          15. Melaleuca argentea W.Fitzg. - silver cajuput, silver-leaved paperbark

          16. Melaleuca armillaris (Gaertn.) Sm. - bracelet honeymyrtle

          17. Melaleuca aspalathoides Schauer

          18. Melaleuca atroviridis Craven & Lepschi

          19. Melaleuca barlowii Craven

          20. Melaleuca basicephala Benth.

          21. Melaleuca beardii Craven

          22. Melaleuca biconvexa Byrnes

          23. Melaleuca bisulcata F.Muell.

          24. Melaleuca blaeriifolia Turcz.

          25. Melaleuca boeophylla Craven

          26. Melaleuca borealis Craven

          27. Melaleuca brachyandra (Lindl.) Craven (=Callistemon brachyandrus) - prickly bottlebrush

          28. Melaleuca bracteata F.Muell. - black teatree, river teatree, mock olive

          29. Melaleuca bracteosa Turcz.

          30. Melaleuca brevifolia Turcz. - mallee honey-myrtle

          31. Melaleuca brevisepala * (J.W.Dawson) Craven & J.W.Dawson

          32. Melaleuca bromelioides Barlow

          33. Melaleuca brongniartii * Daeniker

          34. Melaleuca brophyi Craven

          35. Melaleuca buseana * (Guillaumin) Craven & J.W.Dawson

          36. Melaleuca caeca Craven

          37. Melaleuca cajuputi Powell cajuput or white samet

          38. Melaleuca calcicola (Barlow ex Craven) Craven & Lepschi

          39. Melaleuca calothamnoides F.Muell.

          40. Melaleuca calycina R.Br.

          41. Melaleuca calyptroides Craven

          42. Melaleuca campanae Craven

          43. Melaleuca camptoclada Quinn

          44. Melaleuca capitata Cheel

          45. Melaleuca cardiophylla F.Muell. - umbrella bush, tangling melaleuca

          46. Melaleuca carrii Craven

          47. Melaleuca cheelii C.T.White

          48. Melaleuca chisholmii (Cheel) Craven (=Callistemon chisholmii) - Burra bottlebrush

          49. Melaleuca ciliosa Turcz.

          50. Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours. (=Callistemon citrinus) - crimson bottlebrush

          51. Melaleuca citrolens Barlow

          52. Melaleuca clarksonii Barlow

          53. Melaleuca clavifolia Craven

          54. Melaleuca cliffortioides Diels

          55. Melaleuca coccinea A.S.George - goldfields bottlebrush

          56. Melaleuca comboynensis (Cheel) Craven (=Callistemon comboynensis) - cliff bottlebrush

          57. Melaleuca concinna Turcz.

          58. Melaleuca concreta F.Muell.

          59. Melaleuca condylosa Craven

          60. Melaleuca conothamnoides C.A.Gardner

          61. Melaleuca cordata Turcz.

          62. Melaleuca cornucopiae Byrnes

          63. Melaleuca coronicarpa D.A.Herb. (See Melaleuca marginata)[6]

          64. Melaleuca croxfordiae Craven

          65. Melaleuca ctenoides Quinn

          66. Melaleuca cucullata Turcz.

          67. Melaleuca cuticularis Labill. - saltwater paperbark

          68. Melaleuca dawsonii * Craven

          69. Melaleuca dealbata S.T.Blake - karnbor, swamp teatree, soapy teatree

          70. Melaleuca deanei F.Muell.

          71. Melaleuca decora (Salisb.) Britten white feather honeymyrtle

          72. Melaleuca decussata R.Br. - totem poles, cross-leaved honey-myrtle

          73. Melaleuca delta Craven

          74. Melaleuca dempta (Barlow) Craven

          75. Melaleuca densa R.Br.

          76. Melaleuca densispicata Byrnes

          77. Melaleuca depauperata Turcz.

          78. Melaleuca depressa Diels

          79. Melaleuca dichroma Craven & Lepschi (formerly Melaleuca virgata)

          80. Melaleuca diosmatifolia Dum.Cours. (sometimes known as Melaleuca erubescens)

          81. Melaleuca diosmifolia Andrews

          82. Melaleuca dissitiflora F.Muell. - creek teatree

          83. Melaleuca eleuterostachya F.Muell.

          84. Melaleuca elliptica Labill. - granite bottlebrush

          85. Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. - swamp paperbark

          86. Melaleuca eulobata Craven

          87. Melaleuca eurystoma Barlow ex Craven

          88. Melaleuca eximia (K.J.Cowley) Craven

          89. Melaleuca exuvia Craven

          90. Melaleuca fabri Craven

          91. Melaleuca faucicola Craven (= Callistemon pauciflorus) - desert bottlebrush

          92. Melaleuca ferruginea Craven & Cowie

          93. Melaleuca filifolia F.Muell. - wiry honeymyrtle

          94. Melaleuca fissurata Barlow

          95. Melaleuca flammea Craven (=Callistemon acuminatus) - tapering-leaved bottlebrush

          96. Melaleuca flavovirens (Cheel) Craven (=Callistemon flavovirens) - green bottlebrush

          97. Melaleuca fluviatilis Barlow

          98. Melaleuca foliolosa A.Cunn. ex Benth.

          99. Melaleuca formosa (S.T.Blake) Craven (=Callistemon formosus, C. speciosus) - Kingaroy bottlebrush

          100. Melaleuca fulgens R.Br. - scarlet honeymyrtle

          101. Melaleuca genialis Lepschi

          102. Melaleuca gibbosa Labill. - slender honey-myrtle, small-leaved honey-myrtle

          103. Melaleuca glaberrima F.Muell.

          104. Melaleuca glauca (Sweet) Craven (=Callistemon glaucus) - Albany bottlebrush

          105. Melaleuca glena Craven

          106. Melaleuca globifera R.Br.

          107. Melaleuca glomerata F.Muell. - desert honey-myrtle

          108. Melaleuca gnidiifolia Vent. (See Melaleuca thymifolia Sm. )

          109. Melaleuca gnidioides * Brongn. and Gris

          110. Melaleuca grieveana Craven

          111. Melaleuca groveana Cheel & C.T.White - Grove's paperbark

          112. Melaleuca halmaturorum F.Muell. ex Miq. - kangaroo honey-myrtle

          113. Melaleuca halophila Craven

          114. Melaleuca hamata Fielding & Gardner

          115. Melaleuca hamulosa Turcz.

          116. Melaleuca haplantha Barlow

          117. Melaleuca hemisticta S.T.Blake ex Craven (=Callistemon hemistictus) - Mount Wheeler bottlebrush

          118. Melaleuca hnatiukii Craven

          119. Melaleuca hollidayi Craven

          120. Melaleuca holosericea Schauer

          121. Melaleuca howeana Cheel - Lord Howe Island teatree

          122. Melaleuca huegelii Endl. - chenille honeymyrtle

          123. Melaleuca huttensis Craven

          124. Melaleuca hypericifolia Sm. - hillock bush

          125. Melaleuca idana Craven

          126. Melaleuca incana R.Br. - grey honeymyrtle

          127. Melaleuca interioris Craven & Lepschi

          128. Melaleuca irbyana R.T.Baker - weeping paperbark

          129. Melaleuca johnsonii Craven

          130. Melaleuca keigheryi Craven

          131. Melaleuca kunzeoides Byrnes

          132. Melaleuca laetifica Craven

          133. Melaleuca lanceolata Otto - Rottnest tea tree, black paperbark, moonah

          134. Melaleuca lara Craven

          135. Melaleuca lasiandra F.Muell.

          136. Melaleuca lateralis Turcz.

          137. Melaleuca lateriflora Benth. - gorada

          138. Melaleuca lateritia A.Dietr. - robin redbreast bush

          139. Melaleuca laxiflora Turcz.

          140. Melaleuca lazaridis Craven (= Callistemon lazaridis)

          141. Melaleuca lecanantha Barlow

          142. Melaleuca leiocarpa F.Muell.

          143. Melaleuca leiopyxis Benth.

          144. Melaleuca leptospermoides Schauer

          145. Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. - weeping paperbark, long-leaved paperbark, white paperbark

          146. Melaleuca leuropoma Craven

          147. Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. - snow-in-summer, narrow-leaved paperbark, budjur

          148. Melaleuca linearifolia (Link) Craven

          149. Melaleuca linearis Schrad. & J.C.Wendl. (= Callistemon linearis, C. pinifolius, C. rigidus)

          150. Melaleuca linguiformis Craven

          151. Melaleuca linophylla F.Muell.

          152. Melaleuca longistaminea (F.Muell.) Barlow ex. Craven

          153. Melaleuca lophocoracorum A.J.Ford, Craven & Brophy

          154. Melaleuca lutea Craven

          155. Melaleuca macronychia Turcz.

          156. Melaleuca manglesii Schauer

          157. Melaleuca marginata (Sond.) Hislop, Lepschi & Craven (formerly Melaleuca coronicarpa)

          158. Melaleuca megacephala F.Muell.

          159. Melaleuca megalongensis Craven & S.M.Douglas (= Callistemon megalongensis) - Megalong Valley bottlebrush

          160. Melaleuca micromera Schauer wattle honeymyrtle

          161. Melaleuca microphylla Sm.

          162. Melaleuca minutifolia F.Muell. - teatree

          163. Melaleuca monantha (K.J.Cowley) Craven

          164. Melaleuca montana (S.T.Blake) Craven (= Callistemon montanus) - mountain bottlebrush

          165. Melaleuca montis-zamia Craven (= Callistemon montis-zamiae)

          166. Melaleuca nanophylla Carrick dwarf-leaved honey-myrtle

          167. Melaleuca nematophylla F.Muell. ex Craven - wiry honeymyrtle

          168. Melaleuca nervosa

          169. Melaleuca nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel (= Callistemon nervosus) - fibrebark

          170. Melaleuca nesophila F.Muell. - mindiyed, showy honey-myrtle

          171. Melaleuca nodosa (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Sm. - prickly-leaved paperbark

          172. Melaleuca ochroma Lepschi

          173. Melaleuca oldfieldii F.Muell. ex Benth.

          174. Melaleuca orbicularis Craven

          175. Melaleuca ordinifolia Barlow

          176. Melaleuca orophila Craven (= Callistemon teretifolius) - needle bottlebrush, Flinders Ranges bottlebrush

          177. Melaleuca osullivanii Craven & Lepschi

          178. Melaleuca oxyphylla Carrick - pointed-leaved honey-myrtle

          179. Melaleuca pachyphylla (Cheel) Craven (= Callistemon pachyphyllus) - wallum bottlebrush

          180. Melaleuca pallescens Byrnes

          181. Melaleuca pallida (Bonpl.) Craven (= Callistemon pallidus) - lemon bottlebrush

          182. Melaleuca paludicola Craven (= Callistemon paludosus, Callistemon sieberi) - river bottlebrush

          183. Melaleuca pancheri * (Brongn. & Griseb.) Craven & J.W.Dawson

          184. Melaleuca papillosa Craven

          185. Melaleuca parviceps Lindl. - rough honey-myrtle

          186. Melaleuca parvistaminea Byrnes

          187. Melaleuca pauciflora Turcz.

          188. Melaleuca pauperiflora F.Muell. - Boree

          189. Melaleuca pearsonii (R.D.Spencer & Lumley) Craven (= Callistemon pearsonii) - Blackdown bottlebrush

          190. Melaleuca penicula (K.J.Cowley) Craven

          191. Melaleuca pentagona Labill.

          192. Melaleuca phoenicea (Lindl.) Craven (= Callistemon phoeniceus) - scarlet bottlebrush, lesser bottlebrush

          193. Melaleuca phoidophylla Craven

          194. Melaleuca phratra Craven (= Callistemon phratra)

          195. Melaleuca pityoides (F.Muell.) Craven

          196. Melaleuca platycalyx Diels

          197. Melaleuca plumea Craven

          198. Melaleuca podiocarpa Craven

          199. Melaleuca polandii (F.M.Bailey) Craven (= Callistemon polandii) – gold-tipped bottlebrush

          200. Melaleuca polycephala Benth.

          201. Melaleuca pomphostoma Barlow

          202. Melaleuca preissiana Schauer - stout paperbark, modong or moonah

          203. Melaleuca pritzelii (Domin) Barlow

          204. Melaleuca procera Craven

          205. Melaleuca protrusa Craven & Lepschi

          206. Melaleuca psammophila Diels

          207. Melaleuca pulchella R.Br. - claw flower

          208. Melaleuca pungens Schauer

          209. Melaleuca punicea Byrnes

          210. Melaleuca pustulata Hook.f. - yellow, warty or Cranbrook paperbark

          211. Melaleuca pyramidalis Craven (= Callistemon pyramidalis)

          212. Melaleuca quadrifaria F.Muell. - limestone honey-myrtle

          213. Melaleuca quercina Craven (= Callistemon quercinus) - Oakey bottlebrush

          214. Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake – niaouli, broad-leaved paperbark

          215. Melaleuca radula Lindl. - graceful honeymyrtle

          216. Melaleuca recurva (R.D.Spencer & Lumley) Craven (= Callistemon recurvus) - Tinaroo bottlebrush

          217. Melaleuca rhaphiophylla Schauer - swamp paperbark

          218. Melaleuca rigidifolia Turcz.

          219. Melaleuca ringens Barlow

          220. Melaleuca rugulosa (Schltdl. ex Link) Craven (= Callistemon macropunctatus, C. rugulosus, C. coccineus) - scarlet bottlebrush

          221. Melaleuca ryeae Craven

          222. Melaleuca sabrina Craven (= Callistemon sabrina)

          223. Melaleuca salicina Craven (= Callistemon salignus) - white or willow bottlebrush

          224. Melaleuca saligna Schauer

          225. Melaleuca sapientes Craven

          226. Melaleuca scabra R.Br. - rough honeymyrtle

          227. Melaleuca scalena Craven & Lepschi

          228. Melaleuca sciotostyla Barlow - Wongan melaleuca

          229. Melaleuca sclerophylla Diels

          230. Melaleuca sculponeata Barlow

          231. Melaleuca seriata Lindl.

          232. Melaleuca sericea Byrnes

          233. Melaleuca serpentina Craven (= Callistemon serpentinus)

          234. Melaleuca sheathiana W.Fitzg. - boree

          235. Melaleuca shiressii (Blakely) Craven (= Callistemon shiressii)

          236. Melaleuca sieberi Schauer

          237. Melaleuca similis Craven

          238. Melaleuca societatis Craven

          239. Melaleuca sophisma Lepschi

          240. Melaleuca sparsiflora Turcz.

          241. Melaleuca spathulata Schauer

          242. Melaleuca spectabilis (Barlow ex Craven) Craven & Lepschi

          243. Melaleuca sphaerodendra * Craven & J.W.Dawson

          244. Melaleuca spicigera S.Moore

          245. Melaleuca squamea Labill. - swamp honeymyrtle

          246. Melaleuca squamophloia (Byrnes) Craven

          247. Melaleuca squarrosa Donn ex Sm. - scented paperbark

          248. Melaleuca stenostachya S.T.Blake - fibre-barked or straight teatree

          249. Melaleuca stereophloia Craven

          250. Melaleuca stipitata (K.J.Cowley) Craven

          251. Melaleuca stramentosa Craven

          252. Melaleuca striata Labill.

          253. Melaleuca strobophylla Barlow

          254. Melaleuca styphelioides Sm. - prickly-leaved paperbark

          255. Melaleuca subalaris Barlow

          256. Melaleuca suberosa (Schauer) C.A.Gardner - corky honeymyrtle

          257. Melaleuca subfalcata Turcz.

          258. Melaleuca subtrigona Schauer

          259. Melaleuca subulata (Cheel) Craven (= Callistemon subulatus)

          260. Melaleuca sylvana (K.J.Cowley) Craven

          261. Melaleuca systena Craven - coastal honeymyrtle

          262. Melaleuca tamariscina Hook. - bush-house paperbark or tamarix honey-myrtle

          263. Melaleuca teretifolia Endl. - banbar

          264. Melaleuca teuthidoides Barlow

          265. Melaleuca thapsina Craven

          266. Melaleuca thymifolia Sm. - thyme honey-myrtle

          267. Melaleuca thymoides Labill.

          268. Melaleuca thyoides Turcz. - salt lake honey-myrtle

          269. Melaleuca tinkeri Craven

          270. Melaleuca torquata Barlow

          271. Melaleuca tortifolia Byrnes

          272. Melaleuca trichophylla Lindl.

          273. Melaleuca trichostachya Lindl.

          274. Melaleuca triumphalis Craven

          275. Melaleuca tuberculata Schauer

          276. Melaleuca ulicoides Craven & Lepschi

          277. Melaleuca uncinata R.Br. - broom bush, broom honeymyrtle

          278. Melaleuca undulata Benth. - hidden honeymyrtle

          279. Melaleuca urceolaris F.Muell. ex Benth.

          280. Melaleuca uxorum Craven G.Holmes & Sankowsky

          281. Melaleuca venusta Craven

          282. Melaleuca villosisepala Craven

          283. Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes (= Callistemon viminalis) - weeping or creek bottlebrush

          284. Melaleuca viminea Lindl. - mohan

          285. Melaleuca vinnula Craven & Lepschi

          286. Melaleuca violacea Schauer

          287. Melaleuca virens Craven (= Callistemon viridiflorus) - lime bottlebrush

          288. Melaleuca virgata (Benth.) Craven (See Melaleuca dichroma)

          289. Melaleuca viridiflora Gaertn. - broad-leaved paperbark

          290. Melaleuca williamsii Craven (= Callistemon pungens)

          291. Melaleuca wilsonii F.Muell. - Wilson's or violet honey-myrtle

          292. Melaleuca wimmerensis (Marriott & G.W.Carr) Craven (= Callistemon wimmerensis) - Wimmera bottlebrush

          293. Melaleuca wonganensis Craven

          294. Melaleuca xerophila Barlow

          295. Melaleuca zeteticorum Craven & Lepschi

          296. Melaleuca zonalis Craven

Sources of information:

•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Melaleuca_species (2023)