{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Pseudanthus_pimeleoides.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Pseudanthus pimeleoides]]'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Pseudanthus |authority = [[Spreng.]]<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Pseudanthus'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/72040 |website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=3 September 2023}}</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="APC" /> |synonyms = * ''Caletia'' <small>[[Baill.]] p.p.</small> * ''Caletia'' sect. ''Microcaletia'' <small>[[Müll.Arg.]]</small> * ''Pseudanthus'' sect. ''Eupseudanthus'' <small>Müll.Arg. nom. inval.</small> * ''Pseudanthus'' sect. ''Microcaletia'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) [[Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]</small> * ''Pseudanthus'' <small>Spreng.</small> sect. ''Pseudanthus'' }}
'''''Pseudanthus''''' is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family [[Picrodendraceae]], and is [[endemism|endemic]] to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Pseudanthus'' are small, heath-like, [[Monoecy|monoecious]] shrubs with [[Leaf#Divisions of the blade|simple]], leathery leaves, and flowers arranged in upper leaf axils.
==Description== Plants in the genus ''Micrantheum'' are heath-like, monoecious shrubs with simple, leathery leaves with thickened edges. The leaves are on a short [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]] with tiny [[stipule]]s at the base. The flowers are arranged in upper leaf axils with [[bract]]s at the base. Male flowers are arranged in clusters on a short [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncle]], and have six stamens. Female flowers are arranged singly and have an [[Ovary (botany)|ovary]] with two or three cells with two [[ovule]]s per cell, and two or three [[Style (botany)|styles]]. The fruit is a [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]] containing seeds with a [[Elaiosome#Caruncle|caruncle]].<ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |last1=Jeanes |first1=Jeff A. |title=''Pseudanthus'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/e04b7151-b8ce-4231-bd93-bac5a82f5828 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Teresa A. |last2=Harden |first2=Gwen J. |title=''Pseudanthus'' |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Micrantheum |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="SA">{{cite web |title=''Pseudanthus'' |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Pseudanthus |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The genus ''Pseudanthus'' was first formally described in 1827 by [[Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel]] in ''[[Systema Vegetabilium]]'',<ref name="Spreng.">{{cite book |last1=Sprengel |first1=Kurt P.J. |title=Systema Vegetabilium |volume=4 |date=1827 |location=Göttingen |page=22 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/791168#page/614/mode/1up |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> and the first species he described (the [[Type (biology)|type species]]) was ''[[Pseudanthus pimeleoides]]''.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Pseudanthus''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/483420 |publisher=APNI|accessdate=3 September 2023}}</ref>
===Species list=== The following is a list of species of ''Pseudanthus'', accepted by the [[Australian Plant Census]] as of September 2023:<ref name="APClist">{{cite web |title=''Pseudanthus'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Pseudanthus&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''[[Pseudanthus ballingalliae]]'' <small>[[David A. Halford|Halford]] & [[Rodney John Francis Henderson|R.J.F.Hend.]]</small> (Qld.) * ''[[Pseudanthus divaricatissimus]]'' <small>([[Mull.Arg.]]) [[Benth.]]</small> (N.S.W.) * ''[[Pseudanthus ligulatus]]'' <small>Halford & R.J.F.Hend.</small> (Qld.) * ''[[Pseudanthus micranthus]]'' <small>Benth.</small> - fringed pseudanthus (S.A.) * ''[[Pseudanthus orbicularis]]'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.</small> (N.S.W., Vic.) * ''[[Pseudanthus orientalis]]'' <small>[[F.Muell.]]</small> (Qld., N.S.W.) * ''[[Pseudanthus ovalifolius]]'' <small>F.Muell.</small> - oval-leaf pseudanthus (Vic., N.S.W.) * ''[[Pseudanthus pauciflorus]]'' <small>Halford & R.J.F.Hend.</small> (Qld., N.S.W.) * ''[[Pseudanthus pimeleoides]]'' <small>[[Franz Sieber|Sieber]] ex Spreng.</small> (N.S.W.) }}
==See also== *[[Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Pseudanthus| ]] [[Category:Malpighiales genera]] [[Category:Endemic flora of Australia]] [[Category:Taxa named by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel]]