| Tapering-leaved bottlebrush | |
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| Melaleuca flammea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Melaleuca |
| Species: | M. flammea
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaleuca flammea | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Callistemon acuminatus Cheel | |
Melaleuca flammea, commonly known as tapering-leaved bottlebrush,[2] is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. (The Australian Plant Census and some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon acuminatus.) It is a shrub with broad, lance-shaped leaves which have wavy edges and taper gradually to a fine point. In spring it has typical bottlebrush flowers whose fiery colour gives the species its name.
- ^ a b "Melaleuca flammea". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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