Xanthostemon

Xanthostemon
Xanthostemon chrysanthus flowering
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Xanthostemon F.Muell.[1][2][3]
Synonyms[2][3]
List Metrosideros subg. Xanthostemon (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Nani sect. Xanthostemon (F.Muell.) Kuntze Nania sect. Xanthostemon orth. var. Kuntze Metrosideros subg. Xanthostemon (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Nani Adans. Nania Miq. Draparnaudia Montrouz., not Draparnaldia Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1808 (Chlorophyceae) Fremya Brongn. & Gris Salisia Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris 1863, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. 1839 (syn of Kunzea in Myrtaceae) nor Regel 1849 (syn of Martynia in Gesneriaceae)

Xanthostemon is a genus of trees and shrubs, constituting part of the myrtle plant family Myrtaceae.^[2][3]

In European science, this genus was first described in 1857 by German–Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.^[1][2]

According to different official sources between 46 and 51 species are known to science.^[2][3][4]

They grow naturally in New Caledonia, Australia, the Solomon Islands and Malesia, including the Philippines, New Guinea and Indonesia.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Species

This listing, as of December 2014, was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and Australian Plant Census,^[2] the Checklist of the Vascular Indigenous Flora of New Caledonia,^[4] new species scientific publications and cross checked with the tertiary source the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.^[3]

Xanthostemon chrysanthus flowering

Xanthostemon paradoxus flowering. Charles Darwin National Park, Darwin NT Australia, Nov 2010

Xanthostemon paradoxus very ripe fruit. Charles Darwin National Park, Darwin NT Australia, Nov 2010

Xanthostemon verticillatus flowering, cultivated, Brisbane, Australia, 2011

• Xanthostemon arenarius Peter G.Wilson – Cape York Peninsula endemic, Australia^[7]
• Xanthostemon aurantiacus (Brongn. & Gris) Schltr. – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon bracteatus Merr. - Luzon, Philippines
• Xanthostemon brassii Merr. - New Guinea
• Xanthostemon carlii J.W.Dawson – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon chrysanthus (F.Muell.) Benth., Golden Penda – Cape York Peninsula & Wet Tropics NE. Qld endemic^[8]
• Xanthostemon confertiflorus Merr. - Sulawesi
• Xanthostemon crenulatus C.T.White – Cape York Peninsula, Wet Tropics NE. Qld, Australia, New Guinea^[9]
• Xanthostemon eucalyptoides F.Muell. – WA, NT, Australia^[10]
• Xanthostemon ferrugineus J.W.Dawson – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon formosus Peter G.Wilson – Wet Tropics NE. Qld endemic^[11]
• Xanthostemon francii Guillaumin – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon fruticosus Peter G.Wilson & Co – Philippines endemic
• Xanthostemon glaucus Pamp. – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon grandiflorus Gugerli – New Caledonia
• Xanthostemon graniticus Peter G.Wilson – Wet Tropics NE. Qld uplands endemic, Australia^[12]
• Xanthostemon grisei Guillaumin – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon gugerlii Merr. – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon intermedius Gugerli – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon lateriflorus Guillaumin – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon laurinus (Vieill. ex Pamp.) Guillaumin – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon longipes Guillaumin – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon macrophyllus Pamp. – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon melanoxylon Peter G.Wilson & Pitisopa – Solomon Islands^[13]
• Xanthostemon multiflorus (Montrouz.) Beauvis. – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon myrtifolius (Brongn. & Gris) Pamp. – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon natunae Sedayu - Kalimantan
• Xanthostemon novoguineensis Valeton – New Guinea
• Xanthostemon oppositifolius F.M.Bailey – SE. & central Qld, Australia^[2]
• Xanthostemon paabaensis Gugerli – New Caledonia
• Xanthostemon paradoxus F.Muell. – WA, NT, Australia^[14]
• Xanthostemon petiolatus (Valeton) Peter G.Wilson – Malesia
• Xanthostemon philippinensis Merr. - Luzon, Philippines
• Xanthostemon psidioides (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. – WA, NT, Australia^[2]
• Xanthostemon pubescens (Brongn. & Gris) Sebert & Pancher – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon retusus Gugerli – New Caledonia
• Xanthostemon ruber (Brongn. & Gris) Sebert & Pancher – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon sebertii Guillaumin – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon speciosus Merr. - Philippines
• Xanthostemon sulfureus Guillaumin – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon umbrosus (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. – Cape York Peninsula, Wet Tropics NE. Qld, WA, NT, Australia^[15]
• Xanthostemon verdugonianus Naves – Philippines endemic
• Xanthostemon velutinus (Gugerli) J.W.Dawson – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon verticillatus (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) L.S.Sm. – Wet Tropics NE. Qld endemic, Australia^[16]
• Xanthostemon verus (Roxb.) Peter G.Wilson – Malesia
• Xanthostemon vieillardii (Brongn. & Gris) Nied. – New Caledonia endemic^[4]
• Xanthostemon whitei Gugerli – Wet Tropics NE. Qld endemic, Australia^[17]
• Xanthostemon xerophilus Peter G.Wilson – Cape York Peninsula endemic, Australia^[18]
• Xanthostemon youngii C.T.White & W.D.Francis – Cape York Peninsula endemic, Australia^[19]

Species provisionally named, described and accepted according to the Australian Plant Name Index as of June 2014 while awaiting formal publication

• Xanthostemon sp. Bolt Head (J.R.Clarkson + 8805) Qld Herbarium
• Xanthostemon sp. Obiri Rock (J.A.Estbergs s.n.) NT Herbarium

References

1. Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1857. Nova genera et species aliquot rariores in Plagis Australiae Intratropicis nuperrime detecta. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 17-18 in Latin
2. "Xanthostemon%". 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 8 Dec 2014.
3. "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved 8 Dec 2014.
4. Morat, P.; Jaffré, T.; Tronchet, F.; Munzinger, J.; Pillon, Y.; Veillon, J.-M.; Chalopin, M. (27 May 2014) [Dec 2012]. "The taxonomic database "Florical" and characteristics of the indigenous Flora of New Caledonia" (PDF). Adansonia. sér. 3. 34 (2): 177–219. Retrieved 8 Dec 2014. Lay summary – Herbier: Florical (2014).
5. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Myrtaceae". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
6. Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
7. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon arenarius". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
8. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon chrysanthus". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
9. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon crenulatus". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
10. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon eucalyptoides". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
11. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon formosus". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
12. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon graniticus". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
13. Wilson, Peter G.; Pitisopa, Fred (2007). "Xanthostemon melanoxylon (Myrtaceae), a new species from the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Telopea. 11 (4): 399–403. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
14. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon paradoxus". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
15. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon umbrosus". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
16. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon verticillatus". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
17. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon whitei". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
18. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon xerophilus". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.
19. Hyland et al. (2010) [RFK 6.1] "Factsheet – Xanthostemon youngii". Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.

Cited works

• Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Home". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 18 Mar 2013.

External links

• "X. chrysanthus - Golden Penda". Australian Native Plant Society. (online website). Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 16 Mar 2013.