Lysicarpus

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budgeroo
brown hazelwood
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Kanieae
Genus: Lysicarpus
F.Muell.
Species:
L. angustifolius
Binomial name
Lysicarpus angustifolius
(Hook.) Druce
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Nani sect. Lysicarpus(F.Muell.) Kuntze
  • Tristania angustifoliaHook.
  • Lysicarpus ternifoliusF.Muell.
  • Metrosideros ternifoliaF.Muell.
  • Nania ternifolia(F.Muell.) Kuntze

Lysicarpus is a genus of trees in the family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1858. [2] [3] [4] It contains a single known species, Lysicarpus angustifolius, endemic to the State of Queensland in Australia. [1] It is known there as the brown hazelwood or budgeroo. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 "Lysicarpus F.Muell". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1858. Transactions & Proceedings of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 2: 67
  4. Tropicos, Lysicarpus F. Muell.
  5. "Lysicarpus angustifolius (Hook.) Druce". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 7 June 2013.