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Leptospermum (Australian myrtle genus) Life
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Eurosid II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Myrtaceae
About 80-86 species, native mainly to Australia but also New
Zealand and Malaysia. Leptospermum
laevigatum (Australian myrtle) has become naturalised in South Africa
(Western Cape) where it is a declared Category 1 invasive plant.
There are an additional seven species that are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Leptospermum juniperinum
Native to eastern Australia. |
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Leptospermum lanigerum
Native to southeastern Australia. |
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Leptospermum minutifolium
Native to eastern Australia. |
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Leptospermum petersonii
(Lemon-scented tea tree)
Native to eastern Australia. |
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Leptospermum polygalifolium
(Wild may)
Native to eastern Australia. |
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Leptospermum rotundifolium
Native to southeastern Australia. |
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Leptospermum scoparium (Manuka,
Manuka myrtle)
Native to New Zealand. |
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