Pleurocalyptus

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
Pleurocalyptus pancheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Xanthostemoneae
Genus: Pleurocalyptus
Brongn. & Gris

Species
  1. Pleurocalyptus austrocaledonicus (Guillaumin) J.W.Dawson
  2. Pleurocalyptus pancheri (Brongn. & Gris) J.W.Dawson

References
  1. Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore & Gris, Jean Antoine Arthur. 1868. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 14: 264-268 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, Pleurocalyptus Brongn. & Gris
  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.
  5. 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.
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