Ceratopetalum
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Both New South Wales Christmas bush (C. gummiferum) and coachwood (C. apetalum) are widespread from south-east Queensland to the south coast of New South Wales, whereas the other extant Australian species are largely confined to high-altitude montane habitats in north-east Australia. These restricted distributions have been hypothesised to be refugia from cycles of changing climate during the Pleistocene.
Species
- Ceratopetalum apetalum D.Don (Coachwood)
- Ceratopetalum corymbosum C.T.White
- Ceratopetalum gummiferum Sm. (NSW Christmas bush)
- Ceratopetalum hylandii Rozefelds & R.W.Barnes
- Ceratopetalum iugumensis Rozefelds & R.W.Barnes
- Ceratopetalum macrophyllum Hoogland
- Ceratopetalum succirubrum C.T.White
- Ceratopetalum tetrapterum Mattf.
- Ceratopetalum virchowii F.Muell.
- †Ceratopetalum suciensis (Campanian)
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Fossil evidence
Fossil evidence for Ceratopetalum species has been found in Eocene deposits in South Australia. Named fossil species include Ceratopetalum maslinensis and Ceratopetalum westermannii.
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