Pericalymma
Appearance
Pericalymma | |
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Pericalymma ellipticum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
Tribe: | Leptospermeae |
Genus: | Pericalymma Endl. |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pericalymna Meisn. |
Pericalymma is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1840.[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia.[1][4][5]
- Species[1]
- Pericalymma crassipes (Lehm.) Schauer
- Pericalymma ellipticum (Endl.) Schauer
- Pericalymma megaphyllum Cranfield
- Pericalymma spongiocaule Cranfield
- formerly included[1]
now in Kunzea
- Pericalymma × roseum Turcz. - Kunzea × rosea (Turcz.) Govaerts
- Pericalymma teretifolium Turcz. - Kunzea pauciflora Schauer
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant families
- ^ Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1840. Genera Plantarum Secundum Ordines Naturales Disposita 1230 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Pericalymma Endl.
- ^ Cranfield, R.J., (1999) A revision of the genus Pericalymma (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 13(1): 15
- ^ Australian Plant Name Index