Pseudanthus

Pseudanthus is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Picrodendraceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Pseudanthus are small, heath-like, monoecious shrubs with simple, leathery leaves, and flowers arranged in upper leaf axils, male flowers usually with three or six stamens and female flowers with three styles.

Pseudanthus
Pseudanthus pimeleoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Pseudanthinae
Genus: Pseudanthus
Spreng.
Synonyms
  • Caletia Baill. p.p.
  • Caletia sect. Microcaletia Müll.Arg.
  • Pseudanthus sect. Eupseudanthus Müll.Arg. nom. inval.
  • Pseudanthus sect. Microcaletia (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
  • Pseudanthus Spreng. sect. Pseudanthus
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