''Eucalyptopsis'' is a genus of describing two species of trees, constituting part of the plant 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 speci ...
and included in the
eucalypts group. They have botanical records of growing naturally in
New Guinea and the
Moluccas, within the
Malesia region. Plant geneticists have found their closest evolutionary relatives in the
monotypic genera and species ''
Stockwellia quadrifida'' and ''
Allosyncarpia ternata''.
Species
* ''
Eucalyptopsis alauda'' – 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
Australasian realm flora
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