Details of Genus: Eriostemon Sm.
ID: 419
Genus ja:
Genus en: Waxflower
# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 1 (from names table)
Accepted: Accepted
Family: Rutaceae
Family ja: ミカン
Infra familial classification:
Distribution en:
Description en: Genus of 33 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees from open, rocky slopes, scrub, and open forest in Australia. They are grown mainly for their star-shaped, usually 5-petalled, waxy, white, pink to red, blue, or mauve flowers, which are solitary or borne in terminal or axillary racemes or cymes. The leaves are alternate, flat to cylindrical, linear to rounded, often warty, and strongly aromatic. In frost-prone areas, grow in a cool greenhouse; elsewhere, plant in a shrub border or against a house wall.
Hardiness en: Half hardy to frost tender; E. australasius and E. myoporoides may survive short periods of light frost, if growth is well ripened in summer.
Cultivation en:
Propagation en: Sow pre-soaked seed at 10-13°C (50-55°F) in spring. Root semi-ripe cuttings in summer with bottom heat. Germination is often erratic and rooting of cuttings slow.
Pests en: Scale insects may be a problem.
Description ja:
Comment: Australia
Comment ja: エリオステモン
Type species:
Phylogenetic definition:
Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:57
Family:
| System | Accepted? | Botanical name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| PB2 | Rutaceae | ミカン科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Rutaceae | ミカン科 | Show | |||
| APG4 | Accepted | Rutaceae | ミカン科 | Show |