Melaleuca penicula

Melaleuca penicula

Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Species:
M. penicula
Binomial name
Melaleuca penicula
Synonyms[1]

Melaleuca coccinea subsp. penicula K.J.Cowley

Melaleuca penicula is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a rare species only known from the Fitzgerald River National Park and resembles Melaleuca eximia with its spikes of red flowers but its leaves and stamen bundles are different.

  1. ^ a b "Melaleuca penicula". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2021.