Spiraeanthemum Explained

Spiraeanthemum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. it includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed or entire margins. Inflorescences are paniculate, flowers unisexual or hermaphrodite, and the fruits are follicular with free carpels. It belongs to the tribe Spiraeanthemeae, and now includes the species formerly placed in Acsmithia.

List of species

Australia

• Spiraeanthemum davidsonii

New Guinea and Moluccas

• Spiraeanthemum integrifolium
• Spiraeanthemum parvifolium
• Spiraeanthemum pulleana
• Spiraeanthemum reticulatum

Solomon Islands, New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville

• Spiraeanthemum bougainvillense
• Spiraeanthemum macgillivrayi subsp. kajewskii

Vanuatu

• Spiraeanthemum macgillivrayi subsp. macgillivrayi

New Caledonia

• Spiraeanthemum brongniartianum
• Spiraeanthemum collinum
• Spiraeanthemum densiflorum
• Spiraeanthemum ellipticum
• Spiraeanthemum meridionale
• Spiraeanthemum pedunculatum
• Spiraeanthemum pubescens

Fiji

• Spiraeanthemum graeffei
• Spiraeanthemum katakata
• Spiraeanthemum serratum
• Spiraeanthemum vitiense

Samoa

• Spiraeanthemum samoense