Hypocalymma Explained

Hypocalymma is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1840.^[1] ^[2] The entire genus is endemic to southern Western Australia.^[3]

Species list

The following is a list of formally described Hypocalymma species and subspecies accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at August 2020:^[4]

Hypocalymma angustifolium (Endl.) Schauer – white myrtle, pink-flowered myrtle
Hypocalymma asperum Schauer
Hypocalymma connatum Strid & Keighery
Hypocalymma cordifolium Lehm. ex Schauer
Hypocalymma elongatum (Strid & Keighery) Rye
Hypocalymma ericifolium Benth.
Hypocalymma gardneri Strid & Keighery
Hypocalymma hirsutum Strid & Keighery
Hypocalymma jessicae Strid & Keighery – Barrens myrtle
Hypocalymma linifolium Turcz.
Hypocalymma longifolium F.Muell. – long-leaved myrtle
Hypocalymma melaleucoides Gardner ex Strid & Keighery – Fitzgerald myrtle
Hypocalymma minus (Strid & Keighery) Keighery
Hypocalymma myrtifolium Turcz.
Hypocalymma phillipsii Harv.
Hypocalymma puniceum C.A.Gardner – large myrtle
Hypocalymma robustum (Endl.) Lindl. – Swan River myrtle
Hypocalymma scariosum Schauer
Hypocalymma serrulatum Strid & Keighery – early myrtle
Hypocalymma speciosum Turcz.
Hypocalymma strictum Schauer
Hypocalymma sylvestre Strid & Keighery – Chittering myrtle
Hypocalymma tenuatum Strid & Keighery – Lesueur myrtle
Hypocalymma tetrapterum Turcz. – papillose myrtle
Hypocalymma uncinatum Strid & Keighery
Hypocalymma verticillare Rye
Hypocalymma xanthopetalum F.Muell. – yellow myrtle

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/565769#page/1297/mode/1up Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus, 1840. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita 1230
http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029864 Tropicos, Hypocalymma Endl.
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=101480 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Web site: Hypocalymma . Australian Plant Census . 29 August 2020.