Lenwebbia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Automatic taxobox | display_parents = 2 | image = Lenwebbia prominens.jpg | image_caption = ''Lenwebbia prominens'' | taxon = Lenwebbia | authority = N.Snow & Guymer | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Lenwebbia lasioclada'' * ''Lenwebbia prominens'' }}

'''''Lenwebbia''''' is a genus of shrubs or small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae.<ref name=APNI>{{APNI2|name=''Lebwebbia''|id=180914|access-date=2024-12-05}}</ref><ref name=Snow>{{cite Q|Q55767955}}</ref> The type species is ''Lenwebbia lasioclada''.<ref name=APNI/>

The genus is named to honour the Australian plant ecologist Dr. Leonard Webb.<ref name="Snow" /> The genus occurs in mesic forests along or near the east coast of Australia, from northern New South Wales to northeastern Queensland.

Both species in the genus were formerly classified in the genus ''Austromyrtus''. ''Lenwebbia'' is distinct from ''Austromyrtus'' and ''Gossia'' in having four petals rather than five. Anatomical<ref name=Snow/> and genetic analyses<ref>Salywon, A., Snow, N., Wojciechowski, M. F., Csizmadi, J., & Landrum, L. (2004). Phylogenetic relationships of Myrtaceae as inferred from nrDNA ITS sequences. Botany 2004, 38-5.</ref> have placed ''Lenwebbia'' as the sister genus to ''Lophomyrtus'' from New Zealand.

== Species == The following species are recognised in the genus ''Lenwebbia'':<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Lenwebbia'' N.Snow & Guymer {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70027615-1 |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref> * ''Lenwebbia lasioclada''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zich F.A., Hyland B.P.M., Whiffin T., Kerrigan R.A. |date=2020 |title=Lenwebbia lasioclada |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/lenwebbia_lasioclada.htm |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8}}</ref> – disjunct in northern New South Wales (NSW), southern and north-eastern Queensland. * ''Lenwebbia prominens''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peter G. Wilson |title=PlantNET - FloraOnline: ''Lenwebbia prominens'' |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lenwebbia~prominens |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au}}</ref> – found in rainforests associated with the Tweed Volcano in northern NSW and south-eastern Queensland.

==References== {{Reflist}} * S.G.A.P.(Qld Region)Logan River Branch Inc (2005) Mangroves to mountains. Volume 2. A field guide to the native plants of south-east Queensland Browns Plains, Qld.:Logan River Branch SGAP (Qld Region) Inc.581.99432 MAN

==External links== * [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Lenwebbia Lenwebbia in the Flora of NSW]

Category:Myrtaceae Category:Myrtaceae genera Category:Myrtales of Australia Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Flora of New South Wales Category:Endemic flora of Australia Category:Plants described in 2003 Category:Taxa named by Neil Wilton Snow Category:Taxa named by Gordon P. Guymer