Asteromyrtus is a genus of flowering plants in the Myrtaceae family. It is closely related to Callistemon and Melaleuca.
Asteromyrtus | |
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Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
Tribe: | Leptospermeae |
Genus: | Asteromyrtus Schauer |
Synonyms[1] | |
Sinoga S.T.Blake |
Asteromyrtus was described as a genus in 1843.[2][3] The genus was subsequently subsumed into Melaleuca and Sinoga, but was reinstated by Lyndley Craven in 1988[4] to accommodate seven species, all of which are tropical shrubs or small trees[5] native to New Guinea, Maluku, or northern Australia,[1] in lands peripheral to the Arafura Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait.