Austrobuxus
Genus of flowering plants

Austrobuxus is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1861. It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. The region with the highest diversity is New Caledonia.
- Species
- Austrobuxus alticola - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus brevipes - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus carunculatus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus celebicus - Sulawesi
- Austrobuxus clusiceus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus cracens - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus cuneatus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus dentatus - W New Guinea
- Austrobuxus ellipticus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus eugeniifolius - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus horneanus - Vanua Levu
- Austrobuxus huerlimannii - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus mandjelicus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus megacarpus - Queensland
- Austrobuxus montis-do - Mt. Do on New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus nitidus - S Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
- Austrobuxus ovalis - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus pauciflorus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus petiolaris - Papua New Guinea
- Austrobuxus rubiginosus - New Caledonia
- Austrobuxus swainii - Queensland, New South Wales
- Austrobuxus vieillardii - New Caledonia
- formerly included
moved to other genera: Kairothamnus Longetia Scagea
- A. buxoides - Longetia buxoides
- A. depauperatus - Scagea depauperata
- A. gracilis - Longetia buxoides
- A. gynotrichus - Scagea oligostemon
- A. oligostemon - Scagea oligostemon
- A. phyllanthoides - Kairothamnus phyllanthoides
- A. pisocarpus - Longetia buxoides
Sources and credits
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- Austrobuxus swainii trunk.jpg by Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0
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