Three new tribes in Myrtaceae and reassessment of Kanieae Author Wilson, Peter G. Author Heslewood, Margaret M. Author Tarran, Myall A. text Australian Systematic Botany 2022 2022-07-15 35 4 279 295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb21032 journal article 10.1071/SB21032 1446-5701 10904165 Tristanieae Peter G .Wilson, Pl. Syst. Evol. 251: 15 (2005) Type : Tristania R.Br. Trees or shrubs; leaves opposite, growth monopodial. Inflorescences thyrsoids or cymes; flowers 5-merous, yellow or orange to red; stamens free or fused into 5 groups opposite petals, usually fewer than 25. Ovary half-inferior, style inserted in the apex of the ovary, style base adjacent to placentas; ovary usually trilocular. Fruit a capsule. Seed linear, embryo straight, cotyledons lying face to face. Pollen grains quite small with a smooth exine. A small tribe of 2 genera: Tristania , Thaleropia