Leptospermum

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Name (Latin)
Leptospermum
Other forms of name
Tea trees
Teatrees
Ti trees
Ti tris
See Also From tracing topical name
Myrtaceae
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q135621
Library of congress: sh 99000520
Sources of Information
  • A revision of the genus Leptospermum : including a discussion of the variation contained within the genus, 1985.
  • Web. 3(Leptospermum; also entry at Tea trees, for several types of bushes whose leaves are used to brew tea)
  • OED(tea-tree. 2. a. transf. Applied in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand to various shrubs or trees of the myrtle family, chiefly of the genera Leptospermum and Melaleuca, of which the leaves have been used as a substitute for tea. Often spelt ti-tree, occasionally ti-tri, as if a native name. Also with qualifying words denoting different species)
  • Flora of the Sydney region, 1982:p. 341 (Leptospermum Forst. et f., Tea tree, Myrtaceae)
  • What flower is that?, 1978:p. 181 (Leptospermum, Myrtaceae, Teatree)