Pericalymma

Summary

Pericalymma is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1840.[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia.[1][4][5]

Pericalymma
two flowers with five white petals each
Pericalymma ellipticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Leptospermeae
Genus: Pericalymma
Endl.
Synonyms[1]

Pericalymna Meisn.

Species[1]
  1. Pericalymma crassipes (Lehm.) Schauer
  2. Pericalymma ellipticum (Endl.) Schauer
  3. Pericalymma megaphyllum Cranfield
  4. Pericalymma spongiocaule Cranfield
formerly included[1]

now in Kunzea

  1. Pericalymma × roseum Turcz. - Kunzea × rosea (Turcz.) Govaerts
  2. Pericalymma teretifolium Turcz. - Kunzea pauciflora Schauer

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant families
  2. ^ Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1840. Genera Plantarum Secundum Ordines Naturales Disposita 1230 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Pericalymma Endl.
  4. ^ Cranfield, R.J., (1999) A revision of the genus Pericalymma (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 13(1): 15
  5. ^ Australian Plant Name Index