Myrceugenia

Myrceugenia
Myrceugenia leptospermoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Myrceugenia
O.Berg
Type species
Myrceugenia myrtoides
O.Berg[1][2]
Synonyms[3]

Nothomyrcia Kausel

Myrceugenia is a genus of evergreen woody flowering trees and shrubs belonging to the Myrtle family, Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1855.[2][4] The genus is native to South America from central Brazil to southern Chile.[3] It is closely related to the genus Luma; some botanists include Myrceugenia in that genus.[5]

Two species are endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific ocean west of the Chilean coast.[3] Myrceugenia fernandeziana is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island and M. schulzei to Alejandro Selkirk Island, where they are prominent trees in the lowland and lower montane forests of the islands.

Accepted Species[3]
  1. Myrceugenia acutiflora - S Brazil
  2. Myrceugenia alpigena - Brazil
  3. Myrceugenia bocaiuvensis - Paraná
  4. Myrceugenia bracteosa - S Brazil
  5. Myrceugenia brevipedicellata - Minas Gerais, São Paulo
  6. Myrceugenia × bridgesii - C Chile
  7. Myrceugenia camargoana - Rio Grande do Sul
  8. Myrceugenia campestris - S Brazil
  9. Myrceugenia chrysocarpa - S Chile, S Argentina
  10. Myrceugenia colchaguensis - C Chile
  11. Myrceugenia correifolia - C Chile
  12. Myrceugenia cucullata - S Brazil
  13. Myrceugenia decussata - São Paulo
  14. Myrceugenia × diemii - C Chile, S Argentina
  15. Myrceugenia euosma - S Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Misiones
  16. Myrceugenia exsucca - C - S Chile, S Argentina
  17. Myrceugenia fernandeziana - Robinson Crusoe Island
  18. Myrceugenia foveolata - S Brazil
  19. Myrceugenia franciscensis - São Paulo, Paraná
  20. Myrceugenia gertii - S Brazil
  21. Myrceugenia glaucescens - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
  22. Myrceugenia hamoniana - Santa Catarina
  23. Myrceugenia hatschbachii - Paraná
  24. Myrceugenia hoehnei - São Paulo, Santa Catarina
  25. Myrceugenia kleinii - São Paulo, Santa Catarina
  26. Myrceugenia lanceolata - C Chile
  27. Myrceugenia leptospermoides - C Chile
  28. Myrceugenia mesomischa - Rio Grande do Sul
  29. Myrceugenia miersiana - S + E Brazil
  30. Myrceugenia myrcioides - S + E Brazil
  31. Myrceugenia myrtoides - S Brazil, Uruguay
  32. Myrceugenia obtusa - C Chile
  33. Myrceugenia ovalifolia - São Paulo, Paraná
  34. Myrceugenia ovata - S + SE Brazil, S Argentina, C + S Chile
  35. Myrceugenia oxysepala - S Brazil
  36. Myrceugenia parvifolia - C +
  37. Myrceugenia pilotantha - S Brazil
  38. Myrceugenia pinifolia - C Chile
  39. Myrceugenia planipes - S Chile, Neuquén
  40. Myrceugenia reitzii - S Brazil
  41. Myrceugenia rufa - C Chile
  42. Myrceugenia rufescens - S Brazil
  43. Myrceugenia schulzei - Alejandro Selkirk Island
  44. Myrceugenia scutellata S Brazil
  45. Myrceugenia seriatoramosa - SE Brazil
  46. Myrceugenia venosa - Santa Catarina

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Legrand, Com. Bot. Mus. Montevideo 2(28): 3 (1953)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Berg, Otto Karl. 1855. Linnaea 27: 5, 131-135 in Latin
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Myrceugenia O. Berg
  5. ↑ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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