What is "lithomyrtus"

Lithomyrtus is a genus of small trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. There are 11 species, native to the tropics of northern Australia and New Guinea:

• Lithomyrtus cordata (A.J.Scott) N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus densifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus dunlopii N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus grandifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus hypoleuca F.Muell. ex N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory, Queensland)
• Lithomyrtus kakaduensis N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus linariifolia N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus microphylla (Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer (Queensland)
• Lithomyrtus obtusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - beach myrtella (New Guinea, Queensland)
• Lithomyrtus repens N.Snow & Guymer - (Northern Territory)
• Lithomyrtus retusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer - (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)

The genus was formally described in 1857 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.