''Hypocalymma'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has Leaf, foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dry season. Consisting of many diffe ...

shrub A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...

s 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 (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...

described as a genus in 1840.Tropicos, ''Hypocalymma'' Endl.
/ref> The entire genus is endemic to southern

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

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Species list

The following is a list of formally described ''Hypocalymma'' species and subspecies accepted by the

Australian Plant Census The Australian Plant Census (APC) provides an online interface to currently accepted, published, scientific names of the vascular flora of Australia, as one of the output interfaces of the national government Integrated Biodiversity Information Sys ...

as at August 2020: * '' Hypocalymma angustifolium'' (Endl.) Schauer – white myrtle, pink-flowered myrtle * '' Hypocalymma asperum'' Schauer * '' Hypocalymma connatum'' Strid & Keighery * '' Hypocalymma cordifolium'' Lehm. ex Schauer * '' Hypocalymma elongatum'' (Strid & Keighery) Rye * '' Hypocalymma ericifolium'' Benth. * '' Hypocalymma gardneri'' Strid & Keighery * '' Hypocalymma hirsutum'' Strid & Keighery * '' Hypocalymma jessicae'' Strid & Keighery – Barrens myrtle * '' Hypocalymma linifolium'' Turcz. * '' Hypocalymma longifolium'' F.Muell. – long-leaved myrtle * '' Hypocalymma melaleucoides'' Gardner ex Strid & Keighery – Fitzgerald myrtle * '' Hypocalymma minus'' (Strid & Keighery) Keighery * '' Hypocalymma myrtifolium'' Turcz. * '' Hypocalymma phillipsii'' Harv. * '' Hypocalymma puniceum'' C.A.Gardner – large myrtle * '' Hypocalymma robustum'' (Endl.) Lindl. – Swan River myrtle * '' Hypocalymma scariosum'' Schauer * '' Hypocalymma serrulatum'' Strid & Keighery – early myrtle * '' Hypocalymma speciosum'' Turcz. * '' Hypocalymma strictum'' Schauer * ''

Hypocalymma sylvestre ''Hypocalymma sylvestre'' commonly known as Chittering myrtle, is a species of flowering in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to a restricted part of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub, with broadly egg-shap ...

'' Strid & Keighery – Chittering myrtle * '' Hypocalymma tenuatum'' Strid & Keighery – Lesueur myrtle * '' Hypocalymma tetrapterum'' Turcz. – papillose myrtle * '' Hypocalymma uncinatum'' Strid & Keighery * '' Hypocalymma verticillare'' Rye * '' Hypocalymma xanthopetalum'' F.Muell. – yellow myrtle

References

External links

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FloraBase – The Western Australian Flora: ''Hypocalymma''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5229180 Myrtaceae genera Endemic flora of Southwest Australia Taxa named by Stephan Endlicher