Purpureostemon

Purpureostemon is a genus of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1939.[2][3] There is only one known species, Purpureostemon ciliatus, endemic to New Caledonia.[1][4] Purpureostemon is related to Xanthostemon.[5]

Purpureostemon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Xanthostemoneae
Genus: Purpureostemon
Gugerli
Species:
P. ciliatus
Binomial name
Purpureostemon ciliatus
(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Gugerli
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptospermum ciliatum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  • Melaleuca ciliata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) G.Forst.
  • Metrosideros ciliata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Sm.
  • Stenospermum ciliatum (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Heynh.
  • Fremya ciliata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Brongn. & Gris
  • Nania ciliata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Kuntze
  • Xanthostemon ciliatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Nied.
  • Metrosideros buxifolia Dum.Cours.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Gugerli, Karl. 1939. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. Centralblatt für Sammlung und Veroffentlichung von Einzeldiagnosen neuer Pflanzen 46: 230
  3. Tropicos, Purpureostemon Gugerli
  4. Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. Wilson, P. G. (2011). Myrtaceae. In The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume X. Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae, edited by K. Kubitzki, X:212–71. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.


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