Macropteranthes

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Combretaceae
Subfamilia: Combretoideae
Tribus: Laguncularieae
Genus: Macropteranthes
Species: M. fitzalanii – M. leichhardtii – M. kekwickii – M. leiocaulis – M. montana
⧼Source(s) of checklist⧽:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Macropteranthes in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 21. Reference page.

Name

Macropteranthes F.Muell. Fragm. 3: 151. (1863)

Type species: Macropteranthes kekwickii F.Muell., Fragm. 3: 151. (1863)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Australasia
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Mueller, F.J.H. von 1863. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 3: 151.
Macropteranthes in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2019. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 26.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Macropteranthes in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Macropteranthes. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Macropteranthes. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 7 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Macropteranthes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 7.

Macropteranthes is a genus containing five species of woody shrub native to northern Australia.[1]

Four species, M. fitzalanii, M. leichhardtii, M. leiocaulis, and M. montana, are found in Queensland, predominantly along the northeastern coast. M. kekwickii, commonly known as bullwaddy, is found in the Northern Territory.[2]
References

"Macropteranthes". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
Bullwaddy Conservation Reserve Plan of Management 2005. Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. ISBN N. 0 7245 4866 1 Accessed 22 October 2020. [1]