Leptospermopsis
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| Leptospermopsis | |
|---|---|
| Leptospermopsis erubescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Leptospermeae |
| Genus: | Leptospermopsis S.Moore[1] |
Leptospermopsis is a genus of 8 species of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae previously included in Leptospermum. It was first formally described in 1920 by Spencer Le Marchant Moore[2][3] and redescribed in 2023 by Peter Gordon Wilson and Margaret M. Heslewood in the journal Taxon.[1][4]