Melaleuca citrina

Melaleuca citrina
Cultivated specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. citrina
Binomial name
Melaleuca citrina
Synonyms[2]
  • Metrosideros citrina Curtis
  • Callistemon lanceolatus (Sm.) Sweet
  • Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels [es]

Melaleuca citrina, the common red bottlebrush, crimson bottlebrush, or lemon bottlebrush,[3] is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon citrinus.[4] It is a hardy and adaptable species, common in its natural habitat. It is widely cultivated, not only in Australia. It was one of the first Australian plants to be grown outside the country, having been taken to England in 1770 by Joseph Banks. Its showy red flower spikes, present over most of the year in an ideal situation, account for its popularity.

  1. ^ "Melaleuca citrina". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brophy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Callistemon citrinus". Plants for a Future. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ^ Udovicic, Frank; Spencer, Roger (2012). "New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae)". Muelleria. 30 (1): 23–25. doi:10.5962/p.292240. S2CID 251007557. Retrieved 25 August 2021.