Asteromyrtus

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Asteromyrtus
Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa.jpg
Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Leptospermeae
Genus: Asteromyrtus
Schauer
Synonyms [1]

SinogaS.T.Blake

Asteromyrtus is a genus of flowering plants in the Myrtaceae family. It is closely related to Callistemon and Melaleuca .

History

Asteromyrtus was described as a genus in 1843. [2] [3] The genus was subsequently subsumed into Melaleuca and Sinoga , but was reinstated by Lyndley Craven in 1988 [4] to accommodate seven species, all of which are tropical shrubs or small trees [5] native to New Guinea, Maluku, or northern Australia, [1] in lands peripheral to the Arafura Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait.

Species [6]
  1. Asteromyrtus angustifolia (Gaertn.) Craven - n Queensland
  2. Asteromyrtus arnhemica (Byrnes) Craven - n Northern Territory, n Western Australia
  3. Asteromyrtus brassii (Byrnes) Craven - s New Guinea, n Queensland
  4. Asteromyrtus lysicephala (F.Muell. & F.M.Bailey) Craven - Aru Islands, s New Guinea, n Queensland
  5. Asteromyrtus magnifica (Specht) Craven - n Northern Territory, Groote Eylandt
  6. Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa (F.Muell.) Craven –Liniment Tree - s New Guinea, n Queensland, n Northern Territory
  7. Asteromyrtus tranganensis Craven - Aru Islands

References

  1. 1 2 Asteromyrtus. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Kew.
  2. ↑ Schauer, Johannes Conrad. 1843. Linnaea 17: 242-243. in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Asteromyrtus Schauer
  4. ↑ Craven, L.A. (1988). "Reinstatement and revision of Asteromyrtus (Myrtaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 1 (4): 373–385. Bibcode:1988AuSyB...1..373C. doi:10.1071/SB9880373.
  5. ↑ Brophy, J.J.; Doran, J.C. (1996). Essential Oils of Tropical Asteromyrtus, Callistemon and Melaleuca Species (PDF). ACIAR Monograph. Vol. 40. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. ISBN   1-86320-189-0.
  6. ↑ Asteromyrtus species list. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Kew.


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