Austrobuxus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Picrodendraceae |
| Tribe: | Caletieae |
| Subtribe: | Dissiliariinae |
| Genus: | Austrobuxus Miq. |
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Austrobuxus is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1861.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. The region with the highest diversity is New Caledonia.[1][4][5]
- Species[1]
- Austrobuxus alticola - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus brevipes - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus carunculatus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus celebicus - Sulawesi
- Austrobuxus clusiceus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus cracens - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus cuneatus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus dentatus - W New Guinea
- Austrobuxus ellipticus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus eugeniifolius - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus horneanus - Vanua Levu
- Austrobuxus huerlimannii - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus mandjelicus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus megacarpus - Queensland
- Austrobuxus montis-do - Mt. Do on New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus nitidus - S Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
- Austrobuxus ovalis - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus pauciflorus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus petiolaris - Papua New Guinea
- Austrobuxus rubiginosus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus swainii - Queensland, New South Wales
- Austrobuxus vieillardii - New Caledonia
- formerly included[1]
moved to other genera: Kairothamnus Longetia Scagea
- A. buxoides - Longetia buxoides
- A. depauperatus - Scagea depauperata
- A. gracilis - Longetia buxoides
- A. gynotrichus - Scagea oligostemon
- A. oligostemon - Scagea oligostemon
- A. phyllanthoides - Kairothamnus phyllanthoides
- A. pisocarpus - Longetia buxoides
References
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- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Flora van Nederlandsch Indië Suppl. 444-445 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Austrobuxus Miq.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ van Welzen, P.C. & Forster, P.I. (2010). A revision of Malesian Austrobuxus (Picrodendraceae/Euphorbiaceae s.l. subfam. Oldfieldioideae). Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 189-195.
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