Eriostemon

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Eriostemon
Eriostemon australasius
at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Eriostemon
Sm. [1]
Species

Eriostemon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. It is native to eastern Australia and includes just two species. Eriostemon australasius occurs between Fraser Island and Nowra, and is a shrub of heathlands and low open woodlands. It is also frequently cultivated in Australian gardens and has showy pink, five-petalled flowers. Eriostemon banksii is endemic to Cape York Peninsula and is a shrub or small tree occurring in heathland and vinethicket margins; it is not known in cultivation.

A large number of species once classified within the genus have been placed in the newer genus Philotheca.

References

  1. "Eriostemon". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2010-09-25. 
  • Wilson, P. G. (1998). A taxonomic review of the genera Eriostemon and Philotheca (Boronieae: Rutaceae). Nuytsia 12: 239-265.
  • Bayly, M. J., Brophy, J. J., Forster, P. I., Goldsack, R. J., and Wilson, P. G. (1998). Reinstatement of Eriostemon banksii (Rutaceae), with a report on the composition of leaf essential oils in E. banksii and E. australasius s. str. Australian Systematic Botany 11: 13-22.
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