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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

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

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

	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:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	39	24.1%
◕	Synonym	118	72.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	3.1%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

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: