Homalocalyx

Homalocalyx
Homalocalyx thryptomenoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Subfamily:	Myrtoideae
Tribe:	Chamelaucieae
Genus:	Homalocalyx F.Muell. [1] [2]
Synonyms [2]
WehliaF.Muell. [2]

Homalocalyx is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1857. ^[3] The entire genus is endemic to Australia. ^{[2] [4]}

Species

As of December 2025 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 11 species: ^[2]

• Homalocalyx aureus - WA
• Homalocalyx chapmanii - WA
• Homalocalyx coarctatus - WA
• Homalocalyx echinulatus - WA
• Homalocalyx ericaeus - WA, NT
• Homalocalyx grandiflorus - WA
• Homalocalyx inerrabundus - WA
• Homalocalyx polyandrus - Qld
• Homalocalyx pulcherrimus - WA
• Homalocalyx staminosus - WA
• Homalocalyx thryptomenoides - WA

References

1. "Homalocalyx". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
2. "Homalocalyx F.Muell". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
3. Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1857. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 309 in Latin
4. Hooker, William Jackson (1849). "New Genera of Australian Plants". Hooker’s journal of botany and Kew Garden miscellany. 9: 309.