Identity of our ‘mystery tree’ published

Our group has been involved in unravelling the botanical identity of an unusual tree found on Mt Stuart.

Mystery Tree
Mystery Tree

The identity of this tree has been formally established with the December 2012 publication of an article “Phylogenetic revision of Backhousieae (Myrtaceae): Neogene divergence, a revised circumscription of Backhousia and two new species” in the scientific journal Australian Systematic Botany 2012 (25) p 404-417.

Read the background story here.