Lethedon
Genus of shrubs
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Lethedon is a genus of shrubs in the Thymelaeaceae family native to Queensland, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.[1][2] It is related to Arnhemia, Deltaria, Gonystylus and Solmsia.[3]
| Lethedon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Subfamily: | Octolepidoideae |
| Genus: | Lethedon Biehler (1807) |
| Species[1] | |
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15, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
15 species are accepted.[1]
- Lethedon balansae (Baill.) Kosterm.
- Lethedon calleana (Guillaumin) Kosterm.
- Lethedon cernua (Baill.) Kosterm.
- Lethedon ciliaris (Baill.) Kosterm.
- Lethedon comptonii (Baker f.) Kosterm.
- Lethedon cordatoretusa Aymonin
- Lethedon leratii (Guillaumin) Kosterm.
- Lethedon microphylla (Guillaumin) Kosterm.
- Lethedon oblonga (Schltr.) Kosterm.
- Lethedon ovata (Guillaumin) Kosterm.
- Lethedon salicifolia (Labill.) Aymonin
- Lethedon setosa (C.T.White) Kosterm.
- Lethedon sphaerocarpa (Baill. ex Guillaumin) Kosterm.
- Lethedon tannensis Biehler
- Lethedon thornei (Guillaumin) Aymonin
