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''Micrantheum'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
s under the
family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Picrodendraceae Picrodendraceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 80 species in 24 genera.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ These are subtropical to tropical ...
described as a genus in 1818.Tropicos, Micrantheum Desf.
/ref> It is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species # '' Micrantheum demissum'' F.Muell. - South Australia # '' Micrantheum ericoides'' Desf. - New South Wales, Queensland # '' Micrantheum hexandrum'' Hook.f. - Box Micrantheum - New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania # '' Micrantheum serpentinum'' Orchard - Western Tridentbush - Tasmania


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Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae As the family Picrodendraceae is erected from the bases of subfamily Oldfieldioideae, its taxonomy remains the same: Tribe Caletieae There are 4 subtribes and 13 genera: :Subtribe Dissiliariinae ::''Austrobuxus'' (also ''Buraeavia'', ''Bureaua ...


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Picrodendraceae Endemic flora of Australia Malpighiales genera {{Malpighiales-stub