Asteromyrtus


Asteromyrtus is a genus of flowering plants in the Myrtaceae family. It is closely related to Callistemon and Melaleuca.

History

Asteromyrtus was described as a genus in 1843. The genus was subsequently subsumed into Melaleuca and Sinoga, but was reinstated by Lyndley Craven in 1988 to accommodate seven species, all of which are tropical shrubs or small trees native to New Guinea, Maluku, or northern Australia, in lands peripheral to the Arafura Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait.
;Species
  1. Asteromyrtus angustifolia Craven - n Queensland
  2. Asteromyrtus arnhemica Craven - n Northern Territory, n Western Australia
  3. Asteromyrtus brassii Craven - s New Guinea, n Queensland
  4. Asteromyrtus lysicephala Craven - Aru Islands, s New Guinea, n Queensland
  5. Asteromyrtus magnifica Craven - n Northern Territory, Groote Eylandt
  6. Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa Craven - Liniment Tree - s New Guinea, n Queensland, n Northern Territory
  7. Asteromyrtus tranganensis Craven - Aru Islands