Details for: PI 8871, Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.

Origin:

Collected – Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

13 Jun 1902

PI Assigned:

1900

Inventory Volume:

10
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.

Origin:

Collected – Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

13 Jun 1902

PI Assigned:

1900

Source History

Collected

Alpes-Maritimes Metropolitan Department, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France

Collector(s):

Robertson-Proschowsky, A., Jardin d'Acclimatation

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.

Genus:

Melaleuca

Family:

Myrtaceae

Subfamily:

Myrtoideae

Tribe:

Melaleuceae

Nomen number:

23805

Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 12, 2: 509; Mant. pl. 1:105. 1767

Comment:

sometimes misspelled as "leucadendron"
not the source of cajeput oil, although commonly cited as such
non Melaleuca leucadendra auct. nonn. (= M. cajuputi Powell)

Verified:

12/14/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Myrtus leucadendra L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Kajuputi leucadendra (L.) Rusby

Invalid Designation(s)
Melaleuca leucadendron auct., orth. var.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	big white paperbark	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	broadleaf paperbark	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	broadleaf teatree	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	brown teatree	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	butterscotch paperbark	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	cajaput-tree	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	longleaf paperbark	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	paperbark	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	paperbark teatree	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	paperbark-tree	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	river teatree	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	swamp teatree	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	weeping paperbark	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	weeping teatree	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	white teatree	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)	cajupúti	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	caxajeputi	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	melaleuca	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedish	kajeputträd	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 25 Sep 1997, from Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. to Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.