Myrrhinium

Myrrhinium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Myrrhinium
Schott
Species: A. atropurpureum
Binomial name
Myrrhinium atropurpureum
Schott
Synonyms[1]
  • Felicianea Cambess.
  • Tetrastemon Hook. & Arn.
  • Felicianea rubriflora Cambess.
  • Myrrhinium octandrum (Benth.) Mattos
  • Tetrastemon loranthoides Hook. & Arn.
  • Myrrhinium peruvianum O.Berg
  • Myrrhinium rubriflorum O.Berg
  • Myrrhinium sarcopetalum Lem.
  • Myrrhinium lanceolatum Burret
  • Myrrhinium loranthoides (Hook. & Arn.) Burret

Myrrhinium is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1827.[2][3] It contains only one recognized species, Myrrhinium atropurpureum, native to South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S + SE Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina).[1]

varieties[1]
  1. Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. atropurpureum - SE Brazil
  2. Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. octandrum Benth. - (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 4(2): 404–405 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Myrrhinium Schott


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