Greek lophos — crest, stemon — stamen, referring to the appearance of the stamen bundles.

Trees or shrubs. Juvenile leaves opposite. Adult leaves alternate, in bunches at the end of the branchlets.Terminal bud surrounded by scales. Flowers in axillary clusters. Sepals and petals 5, filaments united into bundles. Fruit a capsule.

Grown as park and street trees for the attractive form and dense foliage.

4 species from Australia with 1 species extending into New Guinea.

Seed, cultivars by grafting or budding onto L. confertus seedlings.

A valuable timber tree.

Leaves in false whorls at the tips of the branches; flowers in cymose clusters; stamens arranged in 5 bundles.

Wilson & Waterhouse (1982).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Myrtaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.