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Scientific Name
Lophostemon suaveolens
Pest Alias
Swamp box; Swamp turpentine; Swamp brush box
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Lophostemoneae
Genus:
Lophostemon
Species:
Lophostemon suaveolens

Lophostemon suaveolens, commonly known as swamp mahogany, swamp box or swamp turpentine, is a species of flowering plant in the clove and eucalyptus family Myrtaceae, native to New Guinea and Australia. In Australia, it occurs on the east coast, from north of the Hunter River in New South Wales, through to the top of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. It grows in sclerophyll forest, swamp forest, gallery forest, and the margins of rainforests.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Jimbo, T. (2022). "Lophostemon suaveolens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T198689032A202837424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198689032A202837424.en. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Lophostemon suaveolens". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Lophostemon suaveolens (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  4. ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Lophostemon suaveolens". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ Wilson, Peter G. (2001). "Lophostemon suaveolens – New South Wales Flora Online". PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System. 2.0. Sydney, Australia: The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  6. ^ Wilson, Peter G.; Waterhouse, John T. (1982). "A review of the genus Tristania R. Br. (Myrtaceae): a heterogeneous assemblage of five genera". Australian Journal of Botany. 30 (4): 413–446. Bibcode:1982AuJB...30..413W. doi:10.1071/BT9820413.

 

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Swamp box

Lophostemon suaveolens
Scientific Name
Lophostemon suaveolens
Pest Alias
Swamp box; Swamp turpentine; Swamp brush box
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Lophostemoneae
Genus:
Lophostemon
Species:
Lophostemon suaveolens

Lophostemon suaveolens, commonly known as swamp mahogany, swamp box or swamp turpentine, is a species of flowering plant in the clove and eucalyptus family Myrtaceae, native to New Guinea and Australia. In Australia, it occurs on the east coast, from north of the Hunter River in New South Wales, through to the top of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. It grows in sclerophyll forest, swamp forest, gallery forest, and the margins of rainforests.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Jimbo, T. (2022). "Lophostemon suaveolens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T198689032A202837424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198689032A202837424.en. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Lophostemon suaveolens". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Lophostemon suaveolens (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  4. ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Lophostemon suaveolens". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ Wilson, Peter G. (2001). "Lophostemon suaveolens – New South Wales Flora Online". PlantNET – The Plant Information Network System. 2.0. Sydney, Australia: The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  6. ^ Wilson, Peter G.; Waterhouse, John T. (1982). "A review of the genus Tristania R. Br. (Myrtaceae): a heterogeneous assemblage of five genera". Australian Journal of Botany. 30 (4): 413–446. Bibcode:1982AuJB...30..413W. doi:10.1071/BT9820413.

 

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lophostemon suaveolens", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.