The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Callistemon

The genus Callistemon is in the family Myrtaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Callistemon

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Callistemon acuminatus Cheel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon amoenus Lem. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon brachyandrus Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon chisholmii Cheel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon comboynensis Cheel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon cunninghamii K.Koch Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon flavovirens (Cheel) Cheel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon formosus S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon forresterae Molyneux Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon genofluvialis Molyneux Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon hortensis Cheel Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon hybridus DC. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon kenmorrisonii Molyneux Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon lanceolatus (Sm.) Sweet Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon lanceolatus DC. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Callistemon linearifolius (Link) DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon linearis (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) Colv. ex Sweet Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon macropunctatus (Dum.Cours.) Court Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Callistemon montanus C.T.White ex S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon nyallingensis Molyneux Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon pachyphyllus Cheel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon pauciflorus R.D.Spencer & Lumley Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon pearsonii R.D.Spencer & Lumley Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon phoeniceus Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon pinifolius (J.C.Wendl.) Sweet Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon pityoides F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon polandii F.M.Bailey Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon pungens Lumley & R.D.Spencer Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon recurvus R.D.Spencer & Lumley Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon rigidus R.Br. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colv. ex Sweet Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Callistemon shiressii Blakely Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon sieberi DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Sweet Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon subulatus Cheel Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon teretifolius F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon viridiflorus (Sieber ex Sims) Sweet Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Callistemon wimmerensis Marriott & G.W.Carr Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 125 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Callistemon. Of these 37 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 37 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Callistemon. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 125 species names for the genus Callistemon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 37 29.6%
Synonym 83 66.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 4.0%

All names

The status of the 162 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Callistemon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 39 24.1%
Synonym 118 72.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 3.1%

Of the species names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 125 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Callistemon, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 37 82 0 0 119 95.2%
Medium confidence 0 1 0 0 1 0.8%
Low confidence 0 0 0 5 5 4.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Callistemon is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 1 0 2 1.6%
WCSP 37 82 0 4 1 123 98.4%