Meteoromyrtus
| Meteoromyrtus | |
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| Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Meteoromyrtus Gamble |
| Binomial name | |
| Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis (Beddome) Gamble | |
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Meteoromyrtus is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1918.[3][4] It contains only one known species, the critically endangered Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis, native to Theerthundamalai of Kannur district in the state of Kerala in India.[1][2][5][6]
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References
- 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Gamble, James Sykes. 1918. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1918: 241 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Meteoromyrtus Gamble
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Rare, Endangered and threatened species". Kerala Forest Department. Retrieved 15 October 2014. (Cannanore/Kannur district is in Kerala and not Tamil Nadu as stated by the IUCN et al. This site lists Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis as being found in Kerala.)
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