Xanthostemon

Xanthostemon
Xanthostemon chrysanthus flowering
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Subfamily:	Myrtoideae
Tribe:	Xanthostemoneae
Genus:	Xanthostemon F.Muell.
Synonyms
List Metrosideros subg. Xanthostemon (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Nani sect. Xanthostemon (F.Muell.) Kuntze Nania sect. Xanthostemon orth. var. Kuntze Metrosideros subg. Xanthostemon (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Nani Adans. Nania Miq. Draparnaudia Montrouz., not Draparnaldia Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1808 (Chlorophyceae) Fremya Brongn. & Gris Salisia Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris 1863, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. 1839 (syn of Kunzea in Myrtaceae) nor Regel 1849 (syn of Martynia in Gesneriaceae)

Xanthostemon is a genus of trees and shrubs, constituting part of the myrtle plant family Myrtaceae. This genus was first described in 1857 by German–Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. According to different official sources between 46 and 51 species are known to science. They grow naturally in New Caledonia, Australia, the Solomon Islands and Malesia, including the Philippines, New Guinea and Indonesia. The genera Pleurocalyptus and Purpureostemon from New Caledonia are morphologically close to Xanthostemon.

This listing, as of December 2014^[update], was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and Australian Plant Census, the Checklist of the Vascular Indigenous Flora of New Caledonia, new species scientific publications and cross checked with the tertiary source the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

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