''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 ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

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, (; 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 Victoria, Australia ...

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

Cyathostemon ''Cyathostemon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It was first described by Nikolai Turczaninow in 1852. Species include: *'' Cyathostemon ambiguus'' (F.Muel ...

'', by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen.

References

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