Pleurocalyptus is a group of shrubs and small trees in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1868.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[3][4] It is closely related to Xanthostemon.[5]
| Pleurocalyptus | |
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| Pleurocalyptus pancheri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Xanthostemoneae |
| Genus: | Pleurocalyptus Brongn. & Gris |
Species edit
- Pleurocalyptus austrocaledonicus (Guillaumin) J.W.Dawson
- Pleurocalyptus pancheri (Brongn. & Gris) J.W.Dawson
References edit
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- ^ Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore & Gris, Jean Antoine Arthur. 1868. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 14: 264-268 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Pleurocalyptus Brongn. & Gris
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wilson, P. G. (2011). Myrtaceae. In The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume X. Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae, edited by K. Kubitzki, X:212–71. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.