Lysicarpus

budgeroo
brown hazelwood
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Lysicarpus
F.Muell.
Species: L. angustifolius
Binomial name
Lysicarpus angustifolius
(Hook.) Druce
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Nani sect. Lysicarpus (F.Muell.) Kuntze
  • Tristania angustifolia Hook.
  • Lysicarpus ternifolius F.Muell.
  • Metrosideros ternifolia F.Muell.
  • Nania ternifolia (F.Muell.) Kuntze

Lysicarpus is a genus of tree in the family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1858.[2][3][4] It contains a single known species, Lysicarpus angustifolius, endemic to the State of Queensland in Australia.[1] It is known there as the brown hazelwood or budgeroo.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Lysicarpus F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1858. Transactions & Proceedings of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 2: 67
  4. Tropicos, Lysicarpus F. Muell.
  5. "Lysicarpus angustifolius (Hook.) Druce". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 7 June 2013.