Lethedon

Lethedon is a genus of shrubs in the Thymelaeaceae family native to Queensland, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.^[1][2] It is related to Arnhemia, Deltaria, Gonystylus and Solmsia.^[3]

Lethedon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Subfamily:	Octolepidoideae
Genus:	Lethedon Biehler (1807)
Species[1]
15, see text
Synonyms[1]
Kaernbachia Kuntze (1891) Microsemma Labill. (1825)

Species

15 species are accepted.^[1]

• Lethedon balansae (Baill.) Kosterm.
• Lethedon calleana (Guillaumin) Kosterm.
• Lethedon cernua (Baill.) Kosterm.
• Lethedon ciliaris (Baill.) Kosterm.
• Lethedon comptonii (Baker f.) Kosterm.
• Lethedon cordatoretusa Aymonin
• Lethedon leratii (Guillaumin) Kosterm.
• Lethedon microphylla (Guillaumin) Kosterm.
• Lethedon oblonga (Schltr.) Kosterm.
• Lethedon ovata (Guillaumin) Kosterm.
• Lethedon salicifolia (Labill.) Aymonin
• Lethedon setosa (C.T.White) Kosterm.
• Lethedon sphaerocarpa (Baill. ex Guillaumin) Kosterm.
• Lethedon tannensis Biehler
• Lethedon thornei (Guillaumin) Aymonin