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Leptospermum laevigatum

(Gaertn.) F.Muell. (1858)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Leptospermum

australian tea tree

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Large shrubs or small trees 5–6 m tall.

Stems: Bark shredding in long flakes.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades narrowly oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 16–25 mm long, 4–8 mm wide. Apex mucronate. Surfaces sparsely silky pubescent, glabrate with age, glandular–dotted. Margins entire. Short-petiolate. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 1–3, axillary. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Hypanthium well–developed above ovary. Calyx of 5 sepals, deltate, ca. 1–1.5 mm long, silky pubescent at least in bud, apex obtuse. Corolla of 5 petals, clawed, white, ca. 6.5 mm long. Stamens numerous, in a single series; anthers dithecal.

Fruit: Capsules woody; loculicidal; 8–10–valved; ca. 6 mm in diameter; scarcely exserted from hypanthium. Seeds linear.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Rep. Gov. Bot. Director Bot. Zool. Gard.: 22 (1858)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:963 (L); Thompson 1989:372 (KEY, DESCR); Herbarium Pacificum Staff 1999:5 (O? [vouchered only by cultivated coll. from Honolulu, 1956], L); Staples et al. 2002:13 (O)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Crowe, Mrs. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/25/1956
2 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Laie, Laie Trail Spreading 15 ft. tall tree growing along dirt road in disturbed forest of Eucalyptus robusta, Casuarina, Syzygium cumini. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. 2000-5 Oahu BISH 4/8/2000
3 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. laie, laie trail Spreading 15 ft. tall tree growing along dirt road in disturbed forest of Eucalyptus robusta, Casuarina, Syzygium cumini. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN imada, c.t. collector number: 2000-5 Oahu BISH 4/8/2000
4 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Lanai In bare areas among Eucalyptus trees. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 2403 Lanai BISH 6/10/1985
5 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. lanai In bare areas among Eucalyptus trees. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 2403 Lanai BISH 6/10/1985
6 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Laie, Laie Trail Spreading 15 ft. tall tree growing along dirt road in disturbed forest of Eucalyptus robusta, Casuarina, Syzygium cumini. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. Collector Number: 2000-5 Oahu BISH 4/8/2000
7 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Laie, Laie Trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN C. Imada 2000-5 Oahu HAPI 4/8/2000
8 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. koolau mountains, lā‘ie falls trail. wet ohia forest with native trees, shrubs, treefern PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kawelo, k. collector number: us army 324 Maui BISH
9 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Crowe, Mrs. Collector Number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/25/1956
10 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Shibuya Farm, Crater Rd., Kula. Scattered about garden. Abandoned flower farm with diverse mix of species including Banksia, Pyracantha, Eucalyptus, and Lavandula. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. 110331-03 Maui BISH 3/31/2011
11 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN crowe, mrs. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/25/1956
12 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Koolau Mountains, L?‘ie falls trail. Mesic lowland. Growing among Casuarina glauca, Psidium cattleianum, Sphenomeris chinensis, Metrosideros polymorpha. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kawelo, K. USARMY 324 Oahu BISH 8/2/2013
13 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Koolau Mountains, Laie Falls trail. Mesic lowland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. Kawelo USArmy 324 Oahu PTBG 8/2/2013
14 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Laie, Laie Trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN C. Imada 2000-5 Oahu US 4/8/2000
15 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. laie, laie trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. imada 2000-5 Maui US 4/8/2000
16 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. Koolau Mountains, L?ü?Çÿie falls trail. Mesic lowland. Growing among Casuarina glauca, Psidium cattleianum, Sphenomeris chinensis, Metrosideros polymorpha. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kawelo, K. Collector Number: US Army 324 Oahu BISH
17 Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. shibuya farm, crater rd., kula. Scattered about garden. Abandoned flower farm with diverse mix of species including Banksia, Pyracantha, Eucalyptus, and Lavandula. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN starr, f. starr, k. collector number: 110331-03 Maui BISH 3/31/2011
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