Carpodetus is a genus of flowering plants in the Rousseaceae family. It was formerly considered to lie within the Escalloniaceae. Its species occur in New Guinea, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The genus is characterised by small trees with alternate, evergreen leaves, bearing small white flowers with few stamens.
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Carpodetus is a genus of flowering plants in the Rousseaceae family. It was formerly considered to lie within the Escalloniaceae. Its species occur in New Guinea, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The genus is characterised by small trees with alternate, evergreen leaves, bearing small white flowers with few stamens.
==Species== Described species include: Carpodetus amplus Reeder Carpodetus arboreus (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Schltr. Carpodetus archboldianus Reeder Carpodetus denticulatus (Ridl.) Reeder Carpodetus flexuosus (Ridl.) Reeder Carpodetus fuscus Reeder Carpodetus grandiflorus Schltr. Carpodetus major Schltr. Carpodetus montanus (Ridl.) Reeder Carpodetus pullei Schltr. Carpodetus serratus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. New Zealand
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