Kebanyakan tumbuhan Melaleuca adalah endemik di Australia tetapi ada sedikit spesies hidup di bagian-bagian Malesia dan Asia Tenggara, serta 7 species (ditandai *) adalah endemik di New Caledonia.[1]
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^Ford, Andrew J.; Craven, Lyndley A.; Brophy, Joe (8 November 2013). "A new species of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) from north-east Queensland". Telopea. 15: 185–189. doi:10.7751/telopea2013021.