Lithomyrtus

Lithomyrtus
Fruit of Lithomyrtus obtusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Subfamily:	Myrtoideae
Tribe:	Myrteae
Genus:	Lithomyrtus F.Muell. [1]

Lithomyrtus is a genus of small trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. ^[2] There are 11 species, native to the tropics of northern Australia and New Guinea: ^{[3] [4]}

• Lithomyrtus cordata (A.J.Scott) N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus densifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus dunlopii N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus grandifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus hypoleuca F.Muell. ex N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory, Queensland)
• Lithomyrtus kakaduensis N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus linariifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus microphylla (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer (Queensland)
• Lithomyrtus obtusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - beach myrtella (New Guinea, Queensland)
• Lithomyrtus repens N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus retusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)

The genus was formally described in 1857 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. ^[1]

References

1. "Lithomyrtus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
2. Klaus Kubitzki (2010). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae. Springer. pp. 249–. ISBN   978-3-642-14397-7 . Retrieved 16 September 2013.
3. "Lithomyrtus". The Plant List. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
4. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Lithomyrtus obtusa". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government . Retrieved 22 June 2021.