Lethedon

{{Short description|Genus of shrubs}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |taxon = Lethedon |authority = Biehler (1807) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 15, see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Lethedon'' Biehler |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21438-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> |synonyms = *''Kaernbachia'' {{small|Kuntze (1891)}} *''Microsemma'' {{small|Labill. (1825)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}

'''''Lethedon''''' is a genus of shrubs in the Thymelaeaceae family native to Queensland, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.<ref name = powo/><ref>Rogers, Z. S. 2009. A World Checklist of Thymelaeaceae (version 1). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. [first posted 9 July 2009]</ref> It is related to ''Arnhemia'', ''Deltaria'', ''Gonystylus'' and ''Solmsia''.<ref>Beaumont, A. J., T. J. Edwards, J. Manning, O. Maurin, M. Rautenbach, M. C. Motsi, M. F. Fay, M. W. Chase, and M. Van Der Bank. (2009) Gnidia (Thymelaeaceae) Is Not Monophyletic: Taxonomic Implications for Thymelaeoideae and a Partial New Generic Taxonomy for Gnidia.” Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (4): 402–17.</ref>

==Species== 15 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Lethedon balansae'' {{small|(Baill.) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon calleana'' {{small|(Guillaumin) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon cernua'' {{small|(Baill.) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon ciliaris'' {{small|(Baill.) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon comptonii'' {{small|(Baker f.) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon cordatoretusa'' {{small|Aymonin}} *''Lethedon leratii'' {{small|(Guillaumin) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon microphylla'' {{small|(Guillaumin) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon oblonga'' {{small|(Schltr.) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon ovata'' {{small|(Guillaumin) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon salicifolia'' {{small|(Labill.) Aymonin}} *''Lethedon setosa'' {{small|(C.T.White) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon sphaerocarpa'' {{small|(Baill. ex Guillaumin) Kosterm.}} *''Lethedon tannensis'' {{small|Biehler}} *''Lethedon thornei'' {{small|(Guillaumin) Aymonin}}

==References== {{Wikispecies|Angiosperms}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Octolepidoideae Category:Thymelaeaceae genera Category:Taxa described in 1807