Mangrove myrtle | |
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Osbornia octodonta, the mangrove myrtle | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
Tribe: | Osbornieae |
Genus: |
Osbornia F.Muell. |
Species: | O. octodonta |
Binomial name | |
Osbornia octodonta F.Muell. |
Osbornia is a genus of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1862. It contains only one known species, i.e., Osbornia octodonta, native to Borneo, the Philippines, and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, and northern Western Australia).