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Leptospermum polygalifolium

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Myrtaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Myrtales

Genus
  
Leptospermum

Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium was L flavescens Noosa39s Native Plants

Similar
  
Leptospermum liversidgei, Teatree, Leptospermum lanigerum, Leptospermum laevigatum, Leptospermum petersonii

Leptospermum polygalifolium, commonly known as tantoon, is a species of shrub of the family Myrtaceae native to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Six subspecies are recognised, though there is significant intergradation between them.

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Leptospermum polygalifolium polygalifolium

Taxonomy and naming

Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium was L flavescens Noosa39s Native Plants

Leptospermum polygalifolium was first described by Richard Salisbury in 1797 from a specimen collected in Port Jackson (Sydney). L. flavescens as described by Smith in 1797 is a junior synonym.

Subspecies

Described subspecies include:

Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium tantoon teatree Diversity Native Seeds

  • Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. montanum — montane eastern Australia (Great Dividing Range), from Southeast Queensland to Barrington Tops
  • Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. cismontanum — Fraser Island to Gosford
  • Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. howense— Lord Howe Island
  • Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. polygalifolium — central eastern New South Wales to southern border with Victoria
  • Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. transmontanum — inland: White Mountains to Hunter River
  • Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. tropicum — Cooktown to Keppel Bay

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    References

    Leptospermum polygalifolium Wikipedia
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