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Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Teatree (en), Manuka (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees. Lvs alternate, gland-dotted, often ericoid. Fls nearly always 5-merous, solitary or few in clusters, axillary or at the ends of short branches. Hypanthium broad-campanulate or rarely turbinate, enclosing ovary; calyx lobes herbaceous or membranous. Petals ± spreading, 5, free, orbicular. Stamens numerous, free, < petals, inserted on margin of disc; filaments in bud incurved towards stigma; anthers versatile; cells parallel and dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Ovary (3)-5-12-celled; ovules few to numerous. Style filiform. Capsule usually woody, rarely coriaceous, loculicidal, usually exserted from hypanthium; viable seed few.
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Fls small, mostly solitary and axillary; sepals and petals us. 5; stamens us. in 1 series, anthers versatile. Ovary completely to half inferior, us. with 5 to several cells; style filiform, stigma ± capitate. Capsule woody, with ∞ pend., linear seeds (many often sterile). Shrubs or trees with small, alt., entire lvs. Some 35, mostly Australian, spp. with a few in N.Z., New Caledonia and Malaya.
Several species of Leptospermum have been grown as ornaments and the names of some are not altogether clear. The genus has been monographed by J. Thompson in Telopea 3: 301–448 (1989).
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
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Leptospermum unspecified picture
Leptospermum unspecified picture

Distribution

Leptospermum world distribution map, present in Australia, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331709-2
WFO ID wfo-4000021354
COL ID 5DDW
BDTFX ID 103298
INPN ID 445845
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Synonyms

Agonomyrtus Leptospermum floribundum Leptospermum

Lower taxons

Leptospermum amboinense Leptospermum arachnoides Leptospermum argenteum Leptospermum blakelyi Leptospermum brachyandrum Leptospermum continentale Leptospermum deanei Leptospermum erubescens Leptospermum glabrescens Leptospermum glaucescens Leptospermum grandiflorum Leptospermum grandifolium Leptospermum gregarium Leptospermum luehmannii Leptospermum minutifolium Leptospermum morrisonii Leptospermum myrtifolium Leptospermum nitens Leptospermum novae-angliae Leptospermum oreophilum Leptospermum petraeum Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum sejunctum Leptospermum semibaccatum Leptospermum sericeum Leptospermum speciosum Leptospermum spectabile Leptospermum sphaerocarpum Leptospermum spinescens Leptospermum squarrosum Leptospermum subglabratum Leptospermum turbinatum Leptospermum variabile Leptospermum venustum Leptospermum myrsinoides Leptospermum nitidum Leptospermum obovatum Leptospermum rotundifolium Leptospermum rupestre Leptospermum liversidgei Leptospermum macrocarpum Leptospermum confertum Leptospermum coriaceum Leptospermum deuense Leptospermum divaricatum Leptospermum emarginatum Leptospermum epacridoideum Leptospermum incanum Leptospermum jingera Leptospermum juniperinum Leptospermum lamellatum Leptospermum madidum Leptospermum microcarpum Leptospermum neglectum Leptospermum oligandrum Leptospermum pallidum Leptospermum parviflorum Leptospermum parvifolium Leptospermum petersonii Leptospermum polyanthum Leptospermum recurvum Leptospermum riparium Leptospermum roei Leptospermum rupicola Leptospermum subtenue Leptospermum thompsonii Leptospermum trinervium Leptospermum whitei Leptospermum wooroonooran Leptospermum macgillivrayi Leptospermum maxwellii Leptospermum anfractum Leptospermum barneyense Leptospermum benwellii Leptospermum crassifolium Leptospermum brevipes Leptospermum micromyrtus Leptospermum multicaule Leptospermum namadgiensis Leptospermum purpurascens Leptospermum sericatum Leptospermum javanicum Leptospermum exsertum Leptospermum fastigiatum Leptospermum inelegans Leptospermum lanigerum Leptospermum scoparium Leptospermum laevigatum
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