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''Eucalyptopsis'' is a genus of two species of trees in the Eucalypteae tribe 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 ...
. They are native to
New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
and the
Moluccas The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West Melanesi ...
, and their closest relatives are the species '' Stockwellia quadrifida'' and '' Allosyncarpia ternata'', both of which are the sole species in their respective genera.


Species

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Eucalyptopsis alauda ''Eucalyptopsis'' is a genus of two species of trees in the Eucalypteae tribe of the family Myrtaceae. They are native to New Guinea and the Moluccas The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of ...
'' – New Guinea incl. Woodlark Island ::Synonym: ''Eucalyptopsis'' sp. aff. ''papuana'' (1951) * '' Eucalyptopsis papuana'' – New Guinea, Moluccas


References

Myrtaceae genera Myrtaceae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Flora of the Australasian realm {{Myrtaceae-stub