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Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae
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]
Myrceugenia acutiflora – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia alpigena – Brazil
Myrceugenia bocaiuvensis –
Paraná
Myrceugenia bracteosa – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia brevipedicellata –
Minas Gerais ,
São Paulo
Myrceugenia × bridgesii''Myrceugenia'' × ''bridgesii'' – C. Chile
Myrceugenia camargoana –
Rio Grande do Sul
Myrceugenia campestris – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia chrysocarpa – S. Chile, S. Argentina
Myrceugenia colchaguensis – C. Chile
Myrceugenia correifolia – C. Chile
Myrceugenia cucullata – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia decussata –
São Paulo
Myrceugenia × diemii – C. Chile, S. Argentina
Myrceugenia euosma – S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,
Misiones
Myrceugenia exsucca – C. – S. Chile, S. Argentina
Myrceugenia fernandeziana –
Robinson Crusoe Island
Myrceugenia foveolata – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia franciscensis –
São Paulo ,
Paraná
Myrceugenia gertii – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia glaucescens – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
Myrceugenia hamoniana –
Santa Catarina
Myrceugenia hatschbachii –
Paraná
Myrceugenia hoehnei –
São Paulo ,
Santa Catarina
Myrceugenia kleinii –
São Paulo ,
Santa Catarina
Myrceugenia lanceolata – C. Chile
Myrceugenia leptospermoides – C. Chile
Myrceugenia mesomischa –
Rio Grande do Sul
Myrceugenia miersiana – S. + E. Brazil
Myrceugenia myrcioides – S. + E. Brazil
Myrceugenia myrtoides – S. Brazil, Uruguay
Myrceugenia obtusa – C. Chile
Myrceugenia ovalifolia –
São Paulo ,
Paraná
Myrceugenia ovata – S. + SE Brazil, S. Argentina, C. + S. Chile
Myrceugenia oxysepala – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia parvifolia – C. +
Myrceugenia pilotantha – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia pinifolia – C. Chile
Myrceugenia planipes – S. Chile,
Neuquén
Myrceugenia reitzii – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia rufa – C. Chile
Myrceugenia rufescens – S. Brazil
Myrceugenia schulzei –
Alejandro Selkirk Island
Myrceugenia scutellata S. Brazil
Myrceugenia seriatoramosa – SE Brazil
Myrceugenia venosa –
Santa Catarina
References
^ lectotype designated by Legrand, Com. Bot. Mus. Montevideo 2(28): 3 (1953)
^
a
b
Berg, Otto Karl. 1855. Linnaea 27: 5, 131-135 in Latin
^
a
b
c
d
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^
Tropicos, Myrceugenia O. Berg
^ 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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