''Pleurocalyptus'' is a group of shrubs and small trees in 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 ...

, first described as a genus in 1868. The entire genus is endemic to

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

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Xanthostemon ''Xanthostemon'' is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, first described in 1857 by the German–born Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. The genus is distributed across Malesia, Papuasia and northern Australia. The genera '' ...

''.Wilson, P. G. (2011). Myrtaceae. In The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume X. Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae, edited by K. Kubitzki, X:212–71. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.

Species

# '' Pleurocalyptus austrocaledonicus'' (Guillaumin) J.W.Dawson # '' Pleurocalyptus pancheri'' (Brongn. & Gris) J.W.Dawson

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3392387 Myrtaceae genera Endemic flora of New Caledonia Myrtaceae Taxa named by Jean Antoine Arthur Gris Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart