Malleostemon

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Malleostemon
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Malleostemon tuberculatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Chamelaucieae
Genus: Malleostemon
J.W.Green

Malleostemon is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1983, by John Green [1] [2] [3] The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia. [4]

Species [3] [4]
  1. Malleostemon costatus Rye & Trudgen
  2. Malleostemon decipiens (W.Fitzg.) Trudgen
  3. Malleostemon hursthousei (W.Fitzg.) J.W.Green
  4. Malleostemon microphyllus Rye & Trudgen
  5. Malleostemon minilyaensis J.W.Green
  6. Malleostemon nephroideus Rye
  7. Malleostemon nerrenensis Rye & Trudgen
  8. Malleostemon pedunculatus J.W.Green
  9. Malleostemon peltiger (S.Moore) J.W.Green
  10. Malleostemon pustulatus Rye
  11. Malleostemon roseus (E.Pritz.) J.W.Green
  12. Malleostemon tuberculatus (E.Pritz.) J.W.Green
  13. Malleostemon uniflorus Rye

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References

  1. Green, John William. 1983. Malleostemon, a new genus of Myrtaceae (subfamily Leptospermoideae, tribe Chamelaucieae) from south-western Australia Nuytsia 4: 296-308
  2. Tropicos, Malleostemon J.W. Green
  3. 1 2 Australian Plant Name Index
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families