| Octamyrtus | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Myrteae |
| Genus: |
Octamyrtus Trudgen |
Octamyrtus is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922. [1] [2] It is native to New Guinea and to the nearby Indonesian Province of Maluku. [3] [4]
- Species
- Octamyrtus arfakensis Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - West New Guinea
- Octamyrtus behrmannii Diels - New Guinea
- Octamyrtus glomerata Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - New Guinea
- Octamyrtus halmaherensis Craven & Sunarti - Halmahera
- Octamyrtus insignis Diels - New Guinea
- Octamyrtus pleiopetala Diels - New Guinea, Aru Islands
References
- ^ Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1922. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57: 373-376 descriptions in Latin, commentary and geographic information in German
- ^ Tropicos, Octamyrtus Diels
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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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