Eucalyptopsis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Eucalypteae
Genus: Eucalyptopsis
C.T.White[1]
Species

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Eucalyptopsis is a genus of describing two species of trees, constituting part of the plant family Myrtaceae and included in the eucalypts group. They have botanical records of growing naturally in New Guinea and the Moluccas, within the Malesia region. Plant geneticists have found their closest evolutionary relatives in the monotypic genera and species Stockwellia quadrifida and Allosyncarpia ternata.

Species

Synonym: Eucalyptopsis sp. aff. papuana C.T.White (1951)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c White, Cyril T. (1951). "Some noteworthy Myrtaceae from the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands" (web page). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Digitized online version, Biodiversity Heritage Library. 32: 139–150. Retrieved 20 Mar 2013.
  2. ^ Craven, Lyn A. (1990). "One new species each in Acmena and Eucalyptopsis and a new name in Lindsayomyrtus (all Myrtaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. Abstract, paywalled PDF. 3 (4): 729–731. doi:10.1071/sb9900727. Retrieved 20 Mar 2013.


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