Melaleuca leucadendra

Weeping paperbark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. leucadendra
Binomial name
Melaleuca leucadendra
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Cajuputi leucadendron (L.) Rusby ex A.Lyons
  • Leptospermum leucodendron (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  • Melaleuca latifolia Raeusch. nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.f. leucadendra
  • Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. var. leucadendra
  • Melaleuca leucadendra var. mimosoides (A.Cunn. ex Schauer) Cheel
  • Melaleuca leucadendron L.f. orth. var.
  • Melaleuca leucadendron L.f. var. leucadendron orth. var.
  • Melaleuca leucadendron var. mimosoides Cheel orth. var.
  • Melaleuca mimosoides A.Cunn. ex Schauer
  • Metrosideros coriacea Salisb.
  • Myrtus leucadendra L.

Melaleuca leucadendra, commonly known as weeping paperbark, long-leaved paperbark or white paperbark is a species of woody plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is widespread in northern Australia, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands. It grows as a tree to more than 20 m (70 ft) with a trunk covered with thick, white, papery bark and weeping thinner branches. It has a long flowering season, can flower at almost any time of the year and is often grown as a tree in parks and on roadsides. It was the first melaleuca to be described and was described from a specimen growing in Indonesia.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca leucadendra". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.