Austrobuxus Explained

Austrobuxus is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1861.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. The region with the highest diversity is New Caledonia.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Species^[3]

formerly included^[3] moved to other genera: Kairothamnus Longetia Scagea

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4745684#page/467/mode/1up Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Flora van Nederlandsch Indië Suppl. 444-445
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023065 Tropicos, Austrobuxus Miq.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=18329 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
5. van Welzen, P.C. & Forster, P.I. (2010). A revision of Malesian Austrobuxus (Picrodendraceae/Euphorbiaceae s.l. subfam. Oldfieldioideae). Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 189-195.