title: Lithomyrtus
text: # Lithomyrtus
  
  Lithomyrtus is a genus of small trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. There are 11 species, native to the tropics of northern Australia and New Guinea:
  
  * Lithomyrtus cordata (A.J.Scott) N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
  * Lithomyrtus densifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
  * Lithomyrtus dunlopii N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
  * Lithomyrtus grandifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
  * Lithomyrtus hypoleuca F.Muell. ex N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory, Queensland)
  * Lithomyrtus kakaduensis N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
  * Lithomyrtus linariifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
  * Lithomyrtus microphylla (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer (Queensland)
  * Lithomyrtus obtusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - beach myrtella (New Guinea, Queensland)
  * Lithomyrtus repens N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
  * Lithomyrtus retusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
  
  The genus was formally described in 1857 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.
  
  