''Aggreflorum'' is a genus of nine species of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle

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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 ...

previously included in ''

Leptospermum ''Leptospermum'' is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae commonly known as tea trees, although this name is sometimes also used for some species of ''Melaleuca''. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greate ...

'' . It was first formally described by

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and Margaret M. Heslewood in the journal ''

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Species

The following is a list of species accepted by the

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Aggreflorum anfractum ''Aggreflorum anfractum'' is a species of spreading shrub that is endemic to Queensland. It has a smooth, twisted trunk, linear leaves, white flowers borne in leaf axils and bell-shaped to hemispherical fruit. It grows on rocky ridges and cliff e ...

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) Peter G.Wilson (Qld.) *''

Aggreflorum benwellii ''Aggreflorum benwellii'' is a species of shrub that is Endemism, endemic to the Nymboida National Park in New South Wales. It has smooth bark, young branches with conspicuous flanges, narrow elliptical leaves, white flowers and thin-walled, bell ...

'' (A.R.Bean) Peter G.Wilson (N.S.W.) *''

Aggreflorum brachyandrum ''Aggreflorum brachyandrum'' is a species of shrub or small tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has smooth bark, linear to lance-shaped leaves, white flowers and usually grows along creeks, often in water. Description ''Aggreflorum bra ...

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Aggreflorum ellipticum ''Aggreflorum ellipticum'' is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has fibrous, flaky bark, elliptical leaves, white flowers arranged in small groups on the ends of short side branches, and fruit that falls from the plant w ...

'' ( C.T.White & W.D.Francis) Peter G.Wilson (Qld., N.S.W.) *''

Aggreflorum longifolium ''Aggreflorum longifolium'' is a species of shrub or small tree that is Endemism, endemic to north-western Australia. It has weeping branches, smooth bark, pale green linear leaves, small white flowers and thin-walled fruit. Description ''Aggre ...

'' (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) Peter G.Wilson (W.A., Qld., N.T.) *''

Aggreflorum luehmannii ''Aggreflorum luehmannii'' is a species of shrub or small tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has glossy green elliptic leaves, white flowers, and fruit that falls from the plant shortly after the seeds are released. Description ''Aggreflor ...

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Aggreflorum pallidum ''Aggreflorum pallidum'' is a species of spreading shrub that is endemic to Queensland. It has thin, firm, rough bark, narrow lance-shaped leaves, white flowers arranged in groups of two or three on side shoots and fruit that remains on the plant ...

'' (A.R.Bean) Peter G.Wilson (Qld.) *''

Aggreflorum purpurascens ''Aggreflorum purpurascens'', commonly known as the purple-stemmed turkey bush, is a shrub or small tree that is endemic to far north Queensland. It has bark that is purple when new, elliptical to broadly lance-shaped leaves, relatively small wh ...

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Joy Thomps. Joy Thompson (born Joy Gardiner-Garden, 1923, died 2018) was an Australian botanist. Her main research areas were taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and Myrtaceae. Life and career Thompson's university studies occurred during the second world war and ...

) Peter G.Wilson (Qld.) *''

Aggreflorum speciosum ''Aggreflorum'' is a genus of nine species of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle Family (biology), family Myrtaceae previously included in ''Leptospermum'' . It was first formally described by Peter Gordon Wilson and Margaret M. Heslewood in th ...

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) Peter G.Wilson (Qld., N.S.W.)

References

Myrtaceae genera Flora of Australia Taxa described in 2023 Taxa named by Peter Gordon Wilson {{Myrtaceae-stub