Pleurocalyptus

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Pleurocalyptus
Pleurocalyptus pancheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Xanthostemoneae
Genus: Pleurocalyptus
Brongn. & Gris

Pleurocalyptus is a group of shrubs and small trees in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1868.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[3][4] It is closely related to Xanthostemon.[5]

Species

  1. Pleurocalyptus austrocaledonicus (Guillaumin) J.W.Dawson
  2. Pleurocalyptus pancheri (Brongn. & Gris) J.W.Dawson

References

  1. ^ Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore & Gris, Jean Antoine Arthur. 1868. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 14: 264-268 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, Pleurocalyptus Brongn. & Gris
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ Wilson, P. G. (2011). Myrtaceae. In The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume X. Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae, edited by K. Kubitzki, X:212–71. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.