Micrantheum

Micrantheum
Micrantheum serpentinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Pseudanthinae
Genus: Micrantheum
Desf.[1]
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Allenia Ewart
    • Caletia Baill. p.p.
    • Caletia Baill. sect. Caletia
    • Caletia sect. Eucaletia Müll.Arg. nom. inval.
    • Caletia sect. Micrantheum (Desf.) Kuntze
    • Micranthea F.Muell. orth. var.
    • Micranthemum Hook.f. orth. var.
    • Micrantheum subg. Allenia (Ewart) Pax & K.Hoffm. nom. illeg.
    • Micrantheum subg. Allenium Grüning
    • Micrantheum subg. Eucaletia Grüning
    • Micrantheum subg. Eumicrantheum Grüning nom. inval.
    • Micrantheum Desf. subg. Micrantheum

Micrantheum is a genus of four species of flowering plant in the family Picrodendraceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Micrantheum are heath-like, monoecious shrubs with simple leaves usually in groups of three, and flowers arranged singly or in small clusters in leaf axils, male flowers with three, six or nine stamens.

  1. ^ a b "Micrantheum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 September 2023.