Acrothamnus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Acrothamnus sauveolens (14070748294).jpg

|image_alt = "Acrothamnus sauveolens" found at the tree line of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

|image_caption = Acrothamnus sauveolens found at the tree line of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

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|taxon = Acrothamnus

|authority = Quinn

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Acrothamnus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The species, which were formerly included in the genus Leucopogon, occur in eastern Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific.{{cite journal|last1=Quinn|first1=Christopher J.|last2=Brown|first2=Elizabeth A.|last3=Heslewood|first3=Margaret M.|last4=Crayn|first4=Darren M.|title=Generic concepts in Styphelieae (Ericaceae): the Cyathodes group|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|date=2005|volume=18|issue=5|pages=439–454|doi=10.1071/SB05005}} They include:{{cite web |title=Acrothamnus - Australian Plant Census |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Acrothamnus&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true |website=Australian Plant Census (APC) |access-date=19 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=WFO Plant List - World Flora Online |url=https://wfoplantlist.org/plant-list/taxon/wfo-4001303101-2023-06?page=1 |website=wfoplantlist.org |access-date=19 November 2023}}

• Acrothamnus colensoi (Hook.f.) Quinn
• Acrothamnus hookeri (Sond.) Quinn
• Acrothamnus maccraei (F.Muell.) Quinn - Subalpine beard-heath
• Acrothamnus montanus (R.Br) Quinn - Snow beard-heath
• Acrothamnus spathaceus (Pedley) Quinn
• Acrothamnus suaveolens (Hook.f.) Quinn