Stereocaryum

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Stereocaryum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Stereocaryum
Burret

Stereocaryum is a group of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1941. [1] [2] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia. [3] [4]

Species [3]
  1. Stereocaryum neocaledonicum (Brongn. & Gris) A.J.Scott
  2. Stereocaryum ovigerum (Brongn. & Gris) Burret
  3. Stereocaryum rubiginosum (Brongn. & Gris) Burret
formerly included [3]

now in Syzygium

  1. Stereocaryum symingtonianum(M.R.Hend.) A.J.Scott, syn of Syzygium symingtonianum (M.R.Hend.) I.M.Turner
  2. Stereocaryum watsonianum(M.R.Hend.) A.J.Scott, syn of Syzygium watsonianum (M.R.Hend.) I.M.Turner

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References

  1. Burret, (Maximilian) Karl Ewald. 1941. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15: 546
  2. Tropicos, Stereocaryum Burret
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.