Lithomyrtus
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae}}
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Lithomyrtus is a genus of small trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. There are 11 species, native to the tropics of northern Australia and New Guinea:
- Lithomyrtus cordata (A.J.Scott) N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
- Lithomyrtus densifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
- Lithomyrtus dunlopii N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
- Lithomyrtus grandifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
- Lithomyrtus hypoleuca F.Muell. ex N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory, Queensland)
- Lithomyrtus kakaduensis N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
- Lithomyrtus linariifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
- Lithomyrtus microphylla (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer (Queensland)
- Lithomyrtus obtusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - beach myrtella (New Guinea, Queensland)
- Lithomyrtus repens N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
- Lithomyrtus retusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
The genus was formally described in 1857 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.
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{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Lithomyrtus|title=Lithomyrtus |accessdate=16 September 2013|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}
{{cite web |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Lithomyrtus_obtusa.htm |title=Lithomyrtus obtusa |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government |access-date=22 June 2021}}
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