Eriostemon

taxobox
name = "Eriostemon"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Rutaceae
genus = "Eriostemon"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = *"Eriostemon australasius"
*"Eriostemon banksii"|

Eriostemon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. It is native to eastern Australia and includes just two species. "Eriostemon australasius" occurs between Fraser Island and Nowra, and is a shrub of heathlands and low open woodlands. It is also frequently cultivated in Australian gardens and has showy pink, five-petalled flowers. "Eriostemon banksii" is endemic to Cape York Peninsula and is a shrub or small tree occurring in heathland and vinethicket margins; it is not known in cultivation.

See also "Philotheca". [http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL13/mar99-3.html]

References

*Wilson, P. G. (1998). A taxonomic review of the genera "Eriostemon" and "Philotheca" (Boronieae: Rutaceae). "Nuytsia" 12: 239-265.
*Bayly, M. J., Brophy, J. J., Forster, P. I., Goldsack, R. J., and Wilson, P. G. (1998). Reinstatement of "Eriostemon banksii" (Rutaceae), with a report on the composition of leaf essential oils in "E. banksii" and "E. australasius" s. str. "Australian Systematic Botany" 11: 13-22.