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Angophora is a genus of nine species of trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. endemism to eastern Australia, they differ from other in having juvenile and adult leaves arranged in opposite pairs, reduced to projections on the edge of the Hypanthium, four or five overlapping, more or less round , and a papery or thin, woody, often strongly ribbed capsule. Species are found between the Atherton Tableland in Queensland and south through New South Wales to eastern Victoria, Australia.
Angophora is closely related to Corymbia and Eucalyptus, and all three genera are often referred to as "eucalypts". Collectively the eucalypts dominate many Australian . Taxonomists have long recognised the relationships between the eucalypt taxa, but have not agreed upon a classification scheme. Some have proposed merging Angophora and Corymbia into genus Eucalyptus as Subgenus,Brooker, M. I. H. (2000). A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her.(Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 13(1), 79–148. a plan which was immediately rejected by others.Ladiges, P. Y. and F. Udovicic. (2000). Comment on a new classification of the eucalypts. Australian Systematic Botany 13(1), 149–52. Some authors maintain Angophora as a genus,Steane, D. A., et al. (2001). Development and characterisation of microsatellite loci in Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae). Silvae Genetica 50(2), 89–91. while others continue to debate the issue.Brummitt, R. K. (2003). Further dogged defense of paraphyletic taxa. Taxon 52(4), 803-04.Nelson, G., et al. (2003). Brummitt on paraphyly: a response. Taxon 52(2), 295-98.
Among the eucalypts, Angophora species were nicknamed "apples" by European settlers, who thought they resembled malus. Many are still known commonly as apples today.
Species
The following is a list species of accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at March 2020:
Distribution
Angophoras are found in coastal Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria from the Atherton Tableland to eastern Victoria.
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