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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
Callistemon acuminatus Cheel	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon brachyandrus Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon chisholmii Cheel	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon coccineus F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon comboynensis Cheel	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon flavovirens (Cheel) Cheel	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon formosus S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon forresterae Molyneux	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon genofluvialis Molyneux	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon kenmorrisonii Molyneux	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon lanceolatus (Sm.) Sweet	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon linearifolius (Link) DC.	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon linearis (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) Colv. ex Sweet	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon macropunctatus (Dum.Cours.) Court	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon montanus C.T.White ex S.T.Blake	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon nyallingensis Molyneux	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon pachyphyllus Cheel	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon pallidus (Bonpl.) DC.	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon pauciflorus R.D.Spencer & Lumley	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon pearsonii R.D.Spencer & Lumley	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon phoeniceus Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon pinifolius (J.C.Wendl.) Sweet	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon pityoides F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon polandii F.M.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon pungens Lumley & R.D.Spencer	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon recurvus R.D.Spencer & Lumley	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon rigidus R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon salignus (Sm.) Colv. ex Sweet	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon shiressii Blakely	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon sieberi DC.	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon speciosus (Sims) Sweet	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon subulatus Cheel	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon teretifolius F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don ex Loudon	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon viridiflorus (Sieber ex Sims) Sweet	Accepted		WCSP
Callistemon wimmerensis Marriott & G.W.Carr	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 74 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Callistemon. Of these 37 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 34 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 74 species names for the genus Callistemon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	37	50.0%
◕	Synonym	33	44.6%
◕	Unplaced	4	5.4%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 108 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Callistemon recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	41	38.0%
◕	Synonym	63	58.3%
◕	Unplaced	4	3.7%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 74 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	30	0	0	67	90.5%
	Medium confidence	0	3	0	0	3	4.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	4	0	4	5.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Callistemon, are as follows: