Claim: Melaleuca ctenoides is a shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants) and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
Evidence: Melaleuca ctenoides is a shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. 
Myrtaceae or the myrtle family is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales.