Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA, iNaturalist via GBIF · observed growing wild

Callistemon lanceolatus (Sm.) Sweet

Myrtaceae

No habitat climate 24 photographs

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Summary

Melaleuca citrina, the common red bottlebrush, crimson bottlebrush, or lemon bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon citrinus. It is a hardy and adaptable species, common in its natural habitat. It is widely cultivated, not only in Australia. More on Wikipedia ›

The opening of Wikipedia, “Melaleuca citrina”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written. Kept separate from everything derived here.

About the genus · Callistemon

Callistemon is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1814. The entire genus is endemic to Australia but widely cultivated in many other regions and naturalised in scattered locations. Their status as a separate taxon is in doubt, some authorities accepting that the difference between callistemons and melaleucas is not sufficient for them to be grouped in a separate genus.

Text from Wikipedia, “Callistemon”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family

Myrtaceae

Described by

(Sm.) Sweet

Native to

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Wild records

1 in range· 1 open

Also known as Callistemon flavescens Regel; Callistemon lanceolatus f. semperflorens (G.Lodd.) Voss; Callistemon lanceolatus var. pendulus Regel; Callistemon lanceolatus var. semperflorens (Lodd.) Heynh.; Callistemon lanceolatus var. sparsus Regel and 14 more.

Cultivation

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.

Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.

NativeNew South Wales, Queensland, Victoria· introduced: Yugoslavia, Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros, Assam, India, Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., New Zealand North, Marianas, California, Louisiana, Mexico Gulf, Trinidad-Tobago

Kew's description“shrub or tree” · “subtropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here

Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 1 georeferenced record inside the native range, all openly licensed and shown on the map. 599 records outside the range (gardens, roadsides, misidentifications) ignored. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species.

Photographs

Photographs: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA, iNaturalist via GBIF (5); Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, iNaturalist via GBIF (3).

Photographs: iNaturalist did not answer when this page was built; what is shown came from the sources that did.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Callistemon lanceolatus, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Antifungal, aflatoxin inhibition and antioxidant activity of Callistemon lanceolatus (Sm.) Sweet essential oil and its major component 1,8-cineole against fungal isolates from chickpea seeds

R. Shukla, Priyanka Singh, Bhanu Prakash, Nawal Kishore Dubey (2011) · Food Control

A novel approach for the biosynthesis of silver oxide nanoparticles using aqueous leaf extract ofCallistemon lanceolatus(Myrtaceae) and their therapeutic potential

Subramaniyam Ravichandran, Veeranna Paluri, Gaurav Kumar, Loganathan Karthik (2015) · Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Nematicidal activity of some essential plant oils

Naresh K. Sangwan, B. S. Verma, K.K. Verma, Kuldip Singh Dhindsa (1990) · Pesticide Science

Compounds with elastase inhibition and free radical scavenging activities from Callistemon lanceolatus

Ju Hee Kim, Jong Chul Byun, Anil Kumar B, Chang‐Gu Hyun (2009) · Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Pharmacognostic study and anti–inflammatory activity of Callistemon lanceolatus leaf

Sunil Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Om Prakash (2011) · Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Efficacy of essential oils of Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown and Callistemon lanceolatus (Sm.) Sweet and their major constituents on mortality, oviposition and feeding behaviour of pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis L.

R. Shukla, Priyanka Singh, Bhanu Prakash, Ashok Kumar (2011) · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Anticandidial activity of some essential oils of a mega biodiversity hotspot in India

Bhabesh Dutta, Sanjeev Karmakar, Ashok Naglot, J. C. Aich (2006) · Mycoses

Gold nanoparticles induced apoptosis via oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunctions in MCF‐7 breast cancer cells

E. Kowsalya, Kithiyon MosaChristas, Chinna Rani Inbaraj Jaquline, P. Balashanmugam (2020) · Applied Organometallic Chemistry

Volatile Fungitoxic Activity of Some Higher Plants With Special Reference to That of Callistemon lanceolatus DC.

Digvijay Pandey, H. Chandra, N. N. Tripathi (1982) · Journal of Phytopathology

Acylphloroglucinols from Callistemon lanceolatus DC.

Suthida Rattanaburi, Wilawan Mahabusarakam, Souwalak Phongpaichit, Anthony R. Carroll (2013) · Tetrahedron

Cardioprotective activity of ethanolic extract of Callistemon lanceolatus leaves on doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy in rats

Momin Firoz, Kalai Bharatesh, Patole Nilesh, Godse Vijay (2011) · Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology

C-Methylflavonoids Isolated fromCallistemon lanceolatusProtect PC12 Cells against Aβ-Induced Toxicity

So‐Young Park, Ji-Youn Lim, Wonsik Jeong, Seong‐Tshool Hong (2010) · Planta Medica

Other Callistemon 1 in the reference

Callistemon viminalis Weeping Bottlebrush

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