Balaustion

Balaustion pulcherrimum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Chamelaucieae
Genus: Balaustion
Species: B. baiocalyx – B. bimucronatum – B. exsertum – B. filifolium – B. grande – B. grandibracteatum – B. hemisphaericum – B. interruptum – B. karroun – B. mukinbudin – B. multicaule – B. polyandrum – B. pulcherrimum – B. quinquelobum – B. spenceri – B. tangerinum – B. thamnoides – B. unguiculatum

Name

Balaustion Hook., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 9: t. 852 (1851)

  • Type species: Balaustion pulcherrimum Hook., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 9: t. 852. (1851)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Cheynia J.Drumm. ex Harv, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 56 (1855)
    • Punicella Turcz., Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 333 (1852)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Australasial
    • Regional: Australia
      • Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Hooker, J.D. 1852. Vol. 4. Hooker's Icones Plantarum, or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the Kew herbarium. London. BHL Reference page. : 9

Additional references

  • Rye, B.L. 2009. A reduced circumscription of Balaustion and description of the new genus Cheyniana (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 19 (1): 129–148. PDF Reference page. 
  • Rye, B.L. 2022. An expanded circumscription and revision of the Western Australian genus Balaustion (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae: Hysterobaeckeinae). Nuytsia 33: 149–204. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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