| Tinaroo bottlebrush | |
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| Melaleuca recurva in Maranoa Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Melaleuca |
| Species: | M. recurva
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaleuca recurva | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Callistemon recurvus R.D.Spencer & Lumley | |
Melaleuca recurva, commonly known as Tinaroo bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to higher areas of far northern Queensland in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon recurvus).[2] It is a shrub with spikes of red flowers tipped with yellow in most months of the year and which often has leaves with their edges curled under.
- ^ a b "Melaleuca recurva". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ Udovicic, Frank; Spencer, Roger (2012). "New combinations in Callistemon (Myrtaceae)" (PDF). Muelleria. 30 (1): 23–25. doi:10.5962/p.292240. S2CID 251007557. Retrieved 16 June 2015.