Lithomyrtus | |
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Fruit of Lithomyrtus obtusa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
Tribe: | Myrteae |
Genus: |
Lithomyrtus F.Muell. [1] |
Lithomyrtus is a genus of small trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. [2] There are 11 species, native to the tropics of northern Australia and New Guinea: [3] [4]
The genus was formally described in 1857 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. [1]