Callistemon sieberi

Callistemon sieberi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Callistemon
Species:	C. sieberi
Binomial name
Callistemon sieberi DC.[1]
Synonyms
Callistemon paludosus F.Muell. Callistemon salignus var. seiberi DC (F.Muell.) Melaleuca paludicola Craven

Callistemon sieberi (River Bottlebrush) is a shrub or small tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to Australia. The leaves are 20 to 50 mm long and 2 to 5 mm wide with pointed tips. Cream, pale yellow or pink flower spikes are mostly produced between November and January in the species native range.^[1]

The species was first formally described by botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1828 in Prodomus.^[2]

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 paludicola.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Callistemon sieberi". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Callistemon~sieberi. Retrieved 2009-11-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Callistemon sieberi". 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+sieberi. Retrieved 2009-11-04.