Xanthostemon

Xanthostemon is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, first described in 1857 by the German–born Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. The genus is distributed across Malesia, Papuasia and northern Australia. The genera Pleurocalyptus and Purpureostemon from New Caledonia are morphologically close to Xanthostemon.^{[citation needed]}

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Xanthostemon

Xanthostemon chrysanthus flowering
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Subfamily:	Myrtoideae
Tribe:	Xanthostemoneae
Genus:	Xanthostemon F.Muell.^[1]^[2]
Type species
Xanthostemon paradoxus F.Muell.^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Draparnaudia Montrouz. Fremya Brongn. & Gris Nani Adans. Nania Miq. Salisia Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris

The following list includes all 48 species in this genus that are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of 3 August 2023^[update] ^[2]

Xanthostemon arenarius Peter G.Wilson - Queensland
Xanthostemon aurantiacus (Brongn. & Gris) Schltr. - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon bracteatus Merr. - Philippines
Xanthostemon brassii Merr. - New Guinea
Xanthostemon carlii J.W.Dawson - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon chrysanthus (F.Muell.) Benth. - Queensland
Xanthostemon confertiflorus Merr. - Sulawesi
Xanthostemon crenulatus C.T.White - New Guinea, Queensland
Xanthostemon eucalyptoides F.Muell. - Western Australia, Northern Territory
Xanthostemon ferrugineus J.W.Dawson - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon formosus Peter G.Wilson - Queensland
Xanthostemon francii Guillaumin - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon fruticosus Peter G.Wilson & Co - Philippines
Xanthostemon glaucus Pamp. - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon grandiflorus Gugerli - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon graniticus Peter G.Wilson - Queensland
Xanthostemon grisii Guillaumin - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon gugerlii Merr. - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon × intermedius Gugerli - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon lateriflorus Guillaumin - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon laurinus (Pamp.) Guillaumin - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon longipes Guillaumin - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon macrophyllus Pamp. - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon melanoxylon Peter G.Wilson & Pitisopa - Solomon Islands
Xanthostemon multiflorus (Montrouz.) Beauvis. - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon myrtifolius (Brongn. & Gris) Pamp. ex Pampal. - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon natunae Sedayu - Kalimantan
Xanthostemon novaguineensis Valeton - New Guinea
Xanthostemon oppositifolius F.M.Bailey - Queensland
Xanthostemon paabaensis Gugerli - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon paradoxus F.Muell. - Western Australia, Northern Territory
Xanthostemon petiolatus (Valeton) Peter G.Wilson - Sulawesi to New Guinea
Xanthostemon philippinensis Merr. - Luzon
Xanthostemon psidioides (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. - Western Australia, Northern Territory
Xanthostemon pubescens (Brongn. & Gris) Sebert & Pancher - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon retusus Gugerli - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon ruber (Brongn. & Gris) Sebert & Pancher - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon sebertii Guillaumin - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon speciosus Merr. - Philippines
Xanthostemon sulfureus Guillaumin - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon umbrosus (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
Xanthostemon velutinus (Gugerli) J.W.Dawson - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon verdugonianus Náves ex Fern.-Vill. - Philippines
Xanthostemon verticillatus (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) L.S.Sm. - Queensland
Xanthostemon verus (Roxb.) Peter G.Wilson - Sulawesi to Maluku
Xanthostemon vieillardii (Brongn. & Gris) Nied. - New Caledonia
Xanthostemon whitei Gugerli - Queensland
Xanthostemon xerophilus Peter G.Wilson - Queensland
Xanthostemon youngii C.T.White & W.D.Francis - Queensland

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