Pleurocalyptus is a group of shrubs and small trees in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1868.Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore & Gris, Jean Antoine Arthur. 1868. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 14: 264-268 in LatinTropicos, Pleurocalyptus Brongn. & Gris The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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. It is closely related to Xanthostemon.Wilson, P. G. (2011). Myrtaceae. In The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume X. Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae, edited by K. Kubitzki, X:212–71. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
Species Pleurocalyptus austrocaledonicus (Guillaumin) J.W.Dawson Pleurocalyptus pancheri (Brongn. & Gris) J.W.Dawson
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