''Cyathostemon ambiguus'' is a member of the family

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...

endemic to Western Australia. It is found in an area along the south coast extending from the Great Southern and into the south western Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.

Taxonomy

''Cyathostemon ambiguus'' was first described in 1869 by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

as ''Astartea ambigua'', but in 2012 was transferred to the genus, ''

Cyathostemon ''Cyathostemon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca ( ...

'', by

Barbara Rye Barbara Lynette Rye is an Australian botanist born in 1952. Barbara Rye has been associated with the Western Australian Herbarium, where her work as a taxonomist has been the source of many new descriptions of plants. The number of taxa recorde ...

and Malcolm Trudgen.

References

ambiguus Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1869 {{Myrtaceae-stub