Austrobuxus is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1861.Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Flora van Nederlandsch Indië Suppl. 444-445 in LatinTropicos, Austrobuxus Miq. It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. The region with the highest diversity is New Caledonia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.van Welzen, P.C. & Forster, P.I. (2010). A revision of Malesian Austrobuxus (Picrodendraceae/Euphorbiaceae s.l. subfam. Oldfieldioideae). Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 189-195.
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formerly included moved to other genera: Kairothamnus Longetia Scagea
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