Xanthostemon youngii

{{Short description|Species of tree in the myrtle family}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2021}} {{speciesbox |image =Xanthostemon youngii 8103.jpg |status = |status_system = |genus = Xanthostemon |species = youngii |authority = C.T.White & W.D.Francis<ref name="APNI"/> }}

'''''Xanthostemon youngii''''', commonly known as '''crimson penda''' or '''red penda''', is a species of trees endemic to North Queensland, constituting part of the plant family Myrtaceae.<ref name="RFK"/>

It has showy red blooms, but has been difficult to keep alive in cultivation.<ref name="RFK"/>

It is extremely prone to Myrtle Rust disease that has spread rapidly throughout the east coast of Australia.

This species was first formally described in 1926 by Cyril Tenison White and William Douglas Francis and named after Queensland naturalist J. Edgar Young (1871 - 1956), who first observed it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr Longman's hunter and collector: J. Edgar Young and the Queensland Museum - Nature 66 {{!}} Queensland Museum |url=https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/collections-and-research/memoirs/nature-66/mqm-n66-5-rix |access-date=2025-12-27 |website=www.museum.qld.gov.au |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Cyril T. |last2=Francis |first2=William D. |date=1926 |title=Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 3. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48577135 |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland |volume=37 |pages=159}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist|45em|refs=

<ref name="APNI"> {{APNI | name = ''Xanthostemon youngii'' C.T.White & W.D.Francis| id = 541 |access-date= 16 Mar 2013 }} </ref>

<ref name="RFK">{{cite web |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |access-date=7 June 2021 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Xanthostemon_youngii.htm |title=''Xanthostemon youngii'' |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government}}</ref>

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youngi Category:Myrtales of Australia Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Garden plants of Australia