Pleurocalyptus Explained

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]

Species

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/253906#page/270/mode/1up Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore & Gris, Jean Antoine Arthur. 1868. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 14: 264-268
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011741 Tropicos, Pleurocalyptus Brongn. & Gris
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=159208 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.