Talk:Callistemon

Height
Changed max height. I have a C. viminalis in my back yard that is over 8 metres tall and they regularly reach 15 metres. Anyone planting one expecting a 4 metre shrub will be surprised, to say the least.


 * Yes, the local species here seem to grow well over 4 metres, but I'm unsure as to exactly what it is. --Bcsr4ever 10:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

where grown
Bottlebrush are used as landscape plants in Florida: not super-common, but widespread. There is a data sheet at hort.ufl.edu/trees/CALCITA.pdf ... It would be interesting to know where else these plants are cultivated. 71.30.253.207 (talk) 22:25, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Which genus?
It says that Callistemon was recently (when?) placed in the genus Meleleuca. If this is true, shouldn't the opening be changed to reflect that it is no longer a separate genus? Murderbike (talk) 22:33, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


 * That "information" about the genus was added by someone (User:Hybrid.evolution) who is apparently a vandal. 140.147.160.34 (talk) 14:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

Was it really by a vandal? See: "Novon 16 468-475; December 2006 "New Combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae)". If no access to that journal is available see: http://asgap.org.au/leptos1.html (yeah, the page is about Leptospermum mainly, but about halfway down is the Melaleuca and Callistemon reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.238.148.134 (talk) 07:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

in short, not yet

"Over the years there have been suggestions that the differences between species of the two genera are not sufficient to warrant them being kept distinct. A paper by Lyn Craven of the Australian National Herbarium (Novon 16 468-475; December 2006 "New Combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae)") argues that the differences between the two genera are insufficient to warrant them being retained separately and that they should be combined. As Melaleuca has precedence, adoption of Craven's work would transfer all species of Callistemon into Melaleuca but at this stage the re-classification has not been taken up by the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (although the Queensland herbarium has accepted the change).

Craven's work is the basis of a forthcoming volume of the "Flora of Australia", so the possibilitity remains that Callistemon will eventually be subsumed into Melaleuca."--Hypo Mix (talk) 06:52, 11 May 2011 (UTC)


 * It is probably safe to say (although it will be unpopular with some) that Callistemon has been subsumed into Melaleuca, especially if we are to use APNI as our guide. APNI now only lists registered cultivars under Callistemon. Sometimes, where the move might have resulted in two species with the same binomial (eg. Callistemon citrinus and Melaleuca citrina) new names have been given (in this case Callistemon citrinus is now Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours. and the former Melaleuca citrina is now Melaleuca lutea Craven). All that remains is for someone to write the new articles. References? Gderrin talk 23:46, 29 March 2015 (UTC)Gderrin talk) 00:41, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Strange pattern in page view statistics.
I was viewing the page view statistics for this page, and there is a significant increase in page views in May/April. See here: https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2016-01&end=2020-06&pages=Melaleuca|Callistemon.

Does anyone know why? What are your thoughts?

It is wierd as every other genera I have tested do not have this pattern in page views.

--Ben (talk) 05:14, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Season growing?
In what season does it grow? 109.166.138.145 (talk) 17:19, 29 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Depends on which species you are asking about. Most species are known as Melaleuca and the flowering times are listed there. Gderrin (talk) 03:12, 30 April 2024 (UTC)