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Monotypic Myrtaceae genera

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Psiloxylon mauritianum
Psiloxylon mauritianum (known locally as "bois bigaignon") is a species of flowering plant, the sole species of the genus Psiloxylon. It is endemic to the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Réunion) in the Indian Ocean.
Accara elegans
thumb | right | Accara Accara elegans is the sole species of the monotypic genus Accara in the botanical family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub endemic to the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil, reaching in height.
Tristania
genus of plants native to Australia
Harmogia densifolia
Harmogia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. The sole species is Harmogia densifolia which is endemic to Australia.
Actinodium
Actinodium cunninghamii, commonly known as swamp daisy or Albany daisy, is the only formally described species in the genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, Actinodium and is endemic to Western Australia.
Osbornia
Osbornia is a monotypic genus of mangrove in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. The sole species is Osbornia octodonta, commonly known as the myrtle mangrove, which inhabits coastal areas of Borneo, the Philippines, the Lesser Sunda Islands. the Northern Territory, Queensland, and northern Western Australia. It was first described in 1862 by Ferdinand von Mueller, based on material collected in Trinity Bay. who published the description in his tome Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ. It is usually found on the landward side of mangrove forests.
Arillastrum
Arillastrum is a monotypic genus of trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, containing the single species Arillastrum gummiferum. It is endemic to southern New Caledonia. It is related to Eucalyptus, but more closely to Angophora and Corymbia.
Kjellbergiodendron celebicum
Kjellbergiodendron is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1936. It contains only one known species, Kjellbergiodendron celebicum, endemic to the Island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Purpureostemon
Purpureostemon is a genus of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1939. There is only one known species, Purpureostemon ciliatus, endemic to New Caledonia. Purpureostemon is related to Xanthostemon.
Myrtastrum
Myrtastrum is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1941. It contains only one known species, Myrtastrum rufopunctatum, endemic to New Caledonia. It is a phylogenetically isolated genus within the tribe Myrteae.
Allosyncarpia
Allosyncarpia is a genus of plant in the eucalypt family Myrtaceae. It contains a single species, Allosyncarpia ternata, which is endemic to the Northern Territory, Australia. Both were described in 1981 by Stanley Thatcher Blake of the Queensland Herbarium.
Lysicarpus
Lysicarpus is a genus of trees in the family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1858. It contains a single known species, Lysicarpus angustifolius, endemic to the State of Queensland in Australia. It is known there as the brown hazelwood or budgeroo.
Basisperma
Basisperma is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1942. There is only one known species, Basisperma lanceolata, endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Neomyrtus
Neomyrtus is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae described in 1941. It contains only one known species, Neomyrtus pedunculata, endemic to New Zealand. It is found there on both the North Island and the South Island.
Homalospermum
Homalospermum is a genus of plants in the myrtle family first described as a genus in 1843. It contains only one known species, Homalospermum firmum, endemic to southwestern Western Australia.
Barongia
Barongia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1988. It contains only one known species, Barongia lophandra, endemic to the Cook region of Queensland, Australia.
Myrrhinium
Myrrhinium is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1827. It contains only one recognized species, Myrrhinium atropurpureum, native to South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S + SE Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina).
Legrandia
Legrandia is a genus of the plant family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1944. It contains only one known species, Legrandia concinna, endemic to the Republic of Chile in South America.
Mitrantia
Mitrantia is a genus of flowering plant in family Myrtaceae described in 1988. It contains one known species, Mitrantia bilocularis, a tree which is endemic to a small patch of rainforest in the Daintree National Park north of Mossman in North Queensland .