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 Xanthomyrteae Peter G.Wilson , trib. nov. Type : Xanthomyrtus Diels. Trees or shrubs; branchlets hairy, often conspicuously glandular. Inflorescence of monads or triads. Flowers yellow, mostly 4-merous, sessile; stamens usually numerous, 1(–2)- seriate, free. Ovary inferior, usually 2- or 3-locular; ovules 10–20, arranged around the margin of the axile placenta; stigma small. Fruit a fleshy berry, reddish to blue-black; seeds many, small, with a crustaceous testa. Embryo with broad cotyledons lying face to face; hypocotyl accumbent. A monogeneric tribe of 23 species, New Caledonia and Malesia ( Philippines , Borneo, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea )