Melaleuca howeana
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643fe31b8564b192948209 |
| Scientific name | Melaleuca howeana |
| Authority | Cheel |
| First published in | J. Proc. Roy. Soc. New S. Wales 58: 192 (1924) |
Description Top
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Melaleuca howeana, also known as tea tree, is a shrub in the myrtle family that is native to the Lord Howe Island group off the coast of Australia. It can grow up to 4 meters tall and has small, linear leaves and white flowers arranged in spikes. The plant is common in exposed areas and provides habitat for the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect. It was first described in 1924 and is found on both Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid.
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000239629 |
| Tropicos | 100221010 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:597976-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-123693 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 899464 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 73833 |
| IPNI | 597976-1 |
| iNaturalist | 624317 |
| GBIF | 5416094 |
| Freebase | /m/0b76tjp |
| EOL | 5449458 |
| Wikipedia | Melaleuca_howeana |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| Investigating the Host-Range of the Rust Fungus Puccinia psidii sensu lato across Tribes of the Family Myrtaceae Present in Australia | Morin L, Aveyard R, Lidbetter JR, Wilson PG | PLoS One | 16-Apr-2012 |
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| Speciation with gene flow on Lord Howe Island | Papadopulos AS, Baker WJ, Crayn D, Butlin RK, Kynast RG, Hutton I, Savolainen V | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | 05-Jul-2011 |
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| Catastrophic disturbance and vegetation on Little Slope, Lord Howe Island | PICKARD J | Austral Ecol | 01-Jun-1982 |
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| In public collections | 0 |