Callistemon pauciflorus

Callistemon pauciflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Callistemon
Species:	C. pauciflorus
Binomial name
Callistemon pauciflorus R.D.Spencer & Lumley[1]
Synonyms
Melaleuca faucicola (R.D.Spencer & Lumley) Craven

Callistemon pauciflorus (Desert Bottlebrush) is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a tall shrub that is endemic to the Northern Territory where it occurs near waterholes in the MacDonnell Ranges and Central Ranges.^[2]

The species was first formally described in 1986 in the botanical journal Muelleria.^[1] In his 2006 paper, New Combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae), Lyndley Craven, a research botanist from the Australian National Herbarium, proposed that this species should be renamed as Melaleuca faucicola.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Callistemon pauciflorus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Callistemon+pauciflorus. Retrieved 2010-04-04. 
2. ^ "Wetland Plants in the Arid NT". http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/nature/pdf/aridwetlands/wetlandplants.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-04.