''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family

Cunoniaceae Cunoniaceae is a family of 27 genera and about 335 species of woody plants in the order Oxalidales, mostly found in the tropical and wet temperate regions of the Southern Hemisphere. The greatest diversity of genera are in Australia and Tasmania ...

. It includes about 19 species from

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and

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. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed or entire margins. Inflorescences are paniculate, flowers unisexual or hermaphrodite, and the fruits are follicular with free carpels. It belongs to the tribe Spiraeanthemeae, and now includes the species formerly placed in ''Acsmithia''.

List of species

Australia * '' Spiraeanthemum davidsonii'' New Guinea and Moluccas * '' Spiraeanthemum integrifolium'' * '' Spiraeanthemum parvifolium'' * '' Spiraeanthemum pulleana'' * ''

Spiraeanthemum reticulatum ''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. It includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed o ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q146990 Oxalidales genera Flora of New Caledonia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot