Callistemon subulatus

Callistemon subulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Callistemon
Species:	C. subulatus
Binomial name
Callistemon subulatus Cheel[1]
Synonyms
Melaleuca subulata (Cheel) Craven

Callistemon subulatus is a shrub in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to the states of New South Wales and Victoria in Australia.

It grows up to 1 metre in height and has a spreading habit. The leaves are 20 to 40 mm long and 2 to 3 mm wide. These are crowded together on the branchlets and are linear, subulate or terete. Dark crimson flower spikes are produced in summer and occasionally throughout the year.^[1]

The species was first formally described by botanist Edwin Cheel in 1925 in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales Series. ^[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 subulata.^[2]

Cultivation

Cultivars include:

• C. subulatus 'Pumila'
• C. subulatus 'Tonghi', a selected form (or possible hybrid) from Tonghi Creek in East Gippsland, Victoria

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Callistemon subulatus". 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~subulatus. Retrieved 2009-11-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Callistemon subulatus". 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+subulatus. Retrieved 2009-11-04.