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)
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Wikipedia description:

Leptospermum is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae commonly known as tea trees, although this name is sometimes also used for some species of Melaleuca. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent, but some are native to other parts of the world, including New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Leptospermums all have five conspicuous petals and five groups of stamens which alternate with the petals. There is a single style in the centre of the flower and the fruit is a woody capsule. The first formal description of a leptospermum was published in 1776 by the German botanists Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Johann Georg Adam Forster, but an unambiguous definition of individual species in the genus was not achieved until 1979. Leptospermums grow in a wide range of habitats but are most commonly found in moist, low-nutrient soils. They have important uses in horticulture, in the production of honey and in floristry.

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