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Melaleuca howeana
Lord Howe Island Tea Tree
As recorded: Melaleuca howeana Cheel
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Myrtaceae
- Collected by
- Mueller-Dombois, D.
- Collector number
- 92090609
- Date
- September 6, 1992
- Locality
- At Middle Beach
- Island
- Lord Howe
- Region
- New South Wales, Australia
- Identified by
- Mueller-Dombois, D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 6, 1992, Mueller-Dombois, D. also collected 14 other specimens.
Cakile edentula
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Cakile edentula
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Cakile edentula
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Chenopodiastrum murale
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Coprosma prisca
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Coprosma prisca
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Flagellaria indica
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Ipomoea cairica
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Lagunaria patersonia
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Muehlenbeckia complexa
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Myoporum insulare
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Ochrosia elliptica
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Parsonsia straminea
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Solanum nigrum
Botany
Melaleuca howeana observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1992. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 31 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-22.
2026-09-22
Lord Howe Island NSW 2898, Australia
(c) missmolly21, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-20
Lord Howe Island NSW 2898, Australia
(c) missmolly21, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-01
Lord Howe Island, Settlement Beach
(c) drmattnimbs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-16
Lord Howe Island, Lord Howe Island, AU-NS, AU
(c) timpullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-25
C3JG+J4 Little Island, Lord Howe Island NSW 2898, Australia
(c) Danny Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-09-07
Lord Howe Island NSW 2898, Australia
(c) James Christie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Melaleuca howeana. BISH 627453. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956489614. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/627453.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956489614 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026