Malleostemon Explained

Malleostemon is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1983, by John Green^{[1] [2] [3]} The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia.^[4]

Species^{[3] [4]}

1. Malleostemon costatus Rye & Trudgen
2. Malleostemon decipiens (W.Fitzg.) Trudgen
3. Malleostemon hursthousei (W.Fitzg.) J.W.Green
4. Malleostemon microphyllus Rye & Trudgen
5. Malleostemon minilyaensis J.W.Green
6. Malleostemon nephroideus Rye
7. Malleostemon nerrenensis Rye & Trudgen
8. Malleostemon pedunculatus J.W.Green
9. Malleostemon peltiger (S.Moore) J.W.Green
10. Malleostemon pustulatus Rye
11. Malleostemon roseus (E.Pritz.) J.W.Green
12. Malleostemon tuberculatus (E.Pritz.) J.W.Green
13. Malleostemon uniflorus Rye

Notes and References

1. Green, John William. 1983. Malleostemon, a new genus of Myrtaceae (subfamily Leptospermoideae, tribe Chamelaucieae) from south-western Australia Nuytsia 4: 296-308
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100219323 Tropicos, Malleostemon J.W. Green
3. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Malleostemon Australian Plant Name Index
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=118759 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families