Lethedon is a genus of shrubs in the Thymelaeaceae family native to Queensland, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.Rogers, Z. S. 2009. A World Checklist of Thymelaeaceae (version 1). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. [first posted 9 July 2009] It is related to Arnhemia, Deltaria, Gonystylus and Solmsia.Beaumont, A. J., T. J. Edwards, J. Manning, O. Maurin, M. Rautenbach, M. C. Motsi, M. F. Fay, M. W. Chase, and M. Van Der Bank. (2009) Gnidia (Thymelaeaceae) Is Not Monophyletic: Taxonomic Implications for Thymelaeoideae and a Partial New Generic Taxonomy for Gnidia.” Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (4): 402–17.
Species 15 species are accepted. Lethedon balansae Lethedon calleana Lethedon cernua Lethedon ciliaris Lethedon comptonii Lethedon cordatoretusa Lethedon leratii Lethedon microphylla Lethedon oblonga Lethedon ovata Lethedon salicifolia Lethedon setosa Lethedon sphaerocarpa Lethedon tannensis Lethedon thornei
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