Myrtella

Myrtella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Subfamily:Myrtoideae
Tribe:Myrteae
Genus:Myrtella
F.Muell.
Synonyms[1]

Saffordiella Merr.

Myrtella is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1877.[2][3] It is native to New Guinea and to some islands of the western Pacific.[1][4]

Accepted species[1]
  1. Myrtella beccarii F.Muell. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  2. Myrtella bennigseniana (Volkens) Diels - New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands
Formerly included[1]

now classified in other genera: Kania, Lithomyrtus, Uromyrtus

  1. Myrtella cordata - Lithomyrtus cordata
  2. Myrtella hirsutula - Kania hirsutula
  3. Myrtella microphylla - Lithomyrtus microphylla
  4. Myrtella obtusa - Lithomyrtus obtusa
  5. Myrtella phebalioides - Lithomyrtus retusa
  6. Myrtella retusa - Lithomyrtus retusa
  7. Myrtella rostrata - Uromyrtus rostrata

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1877. Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants 105.
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Myrtella F.Muell.
  4. ↑ 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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