Lithomyrtus

Lithomyrtus is a genus of small trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. There are 11 species, native to the tropics of northern Australia and New Guinea:


 * Lithomyrtus cordata (A.J.Scott) N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
 * Lithomyrtus densifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
 * Lithomyrtus dunlopii N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
 * Lithomyrtus grandifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
 * Lithomyrtus hypoleuca F.Muell. ex N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory, Queensland)
 * Lithomyrtus kakaduensis N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
 * Lithomyrtus linariifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
 * Lithomyrtus microphylla (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer (Queensland)
 * Lithomyrtus obtusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - beach myrtella (New Guinea, Queensland)
 * Lithomyrtus repens N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
 * Lithomyrtus retusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)

The genus was formally described in 1857 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.