Lindsayomyrtus

Lindsayomyrtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Lindsayomyrtus
B.Hyland & Steenis[1][2]
Species: L. racemoides
Binomial name
Lindsayomyrtus racemoides
(Greves) Craven[1][3]
Synonyms[1]
  • Base name: Eugenia racemoides Greves
  • Lindsayomyrtus brachyandrus (C.T.White) B.Hyland & Steenis
  • Metrosideros nigroviridis Steenis
  • Xanthostemon brachyandrus C.T.White

Lindsayomyrtus is a genus of a sole recognised, formally described species of large Australian trees, constituting part of the plant family Myrtaceae.[1][2] Lindsayomyrtus racemoides, the species, has the common name Daintree penda.[1][3][4][5] These large trees grow naturally in the rainforests of the Wet Tropics region (north–eastern Queensland) of Australia, the Moluccas, New Guinea and New Britain.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lindsayomyrtus%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 Sep 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Hyland, Bernie P.M; Steenis, C.G.G.J. van (1974). "The generic identity of Xanthostemon brachyandrus C.T.White: Lindsayomyrtus novum genus (Myrtaceae)". Blumea 21 (2): 189.
  3. 1 2 3 Craven, Lyndley A. (1990). "One new species each in Acmena and Eucalyptopsis and a new name in Lindsayomyrtus (all Myrtaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 3 (4): 731–732. doi:10.1071/SB9900727. Retrieved 10 Sep 2014.
  4. 1 2 Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Lindsayomyrtus racemoides". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 9 Sep 2014.
  5. 1 2 Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Lindsayomyrtus racemoides (Greves) Craven". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 347. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 9 Sep 2014.


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