Lindsayomyrtus

Lindsayomyrtus is a monotypic genus in the family Myrtaceae, containling the single species Lindsayomyrtus racemoides, commonly known as Daintree penda.[1][2][3][4][5] These large trees grow naturally in the rainforests of the Wet Tropics of Queensland in Australia, the Moluccas, New Guinea and New Britain.[1][2][3][4][5]

Lindsayomyrtus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Lindsayomyrteae
Genus: Lindsayomyrtus
B.Hyland & Steenis[1][2]
Species:
L. racemoides
Binomial name
Lindsayomyrtus racemoides
(Greves) Craven[1][3]
Synonyms[1]
  • Basionym: Eugenia racemoides Greves
  • Lindsayomyrtus brachyandrus (C.T.White) B.Hyland & Steenis
  • Metrosideros nigroviridis Steenis
  • Xanthostemon brachyandrus C.T.White

References
  1. "Lindsayomyrtus%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. Hyland, Bernie P.M; Steenis, C.G.G.J. van (1974). "The generic identity of Xanthostemon brachyandrus C.T.White: Lindsayomyrtus novum genus (Myrtaceae)". Blumea. 21 (2): 189.
  3. Craven, Lyndley A. (1990). "One new species each in Acmena and Eucalyptopsis and a new name in Lindsayomyrtus (all Myrtaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 3 (4): 731–732. doi:10.1071/SB9900727.
  4. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Lindsayomyrtus racemoides". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Lindsayomyrtus racemoides (Greves) Craven". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 347. ISBN 9780958174213. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2014.


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