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Pericalymma

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Pericalymma
two flowers with five white petals each
Pericalymma ellipticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Leptospermeae
Genus: Pericalymma
Endl.
Synonyms[1]

Pericalymna Meisn.

Pericalymma is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1840.[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia.[1][4][5]

Species[1]
  1. Pericalymma crassipes (Lehm.) Schauer
  2. Pericalymma ellipticum (Endl.) Schauer
  3. Pericalymma megaphyllum Cranfield
  4. Pericalymma spongiocaule Cranfield
formerly included[1]

now in Kunzea

  1. Pericalymma × roseum Turcz. - Kunzea × rosea (Turcz.) Govaerts
  2. Pericalymma teretifolium Turcz. - Kunzea pauciflora Schauer

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