Myrtella
| Myrtella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Myrteae |
| Genus: | Myrtella F.Muell. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
- Myrtella beccarii F.Muell. – New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Myrtella bennigseniana (Volkens) Diels – New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands
- Formerly included[1]
now classified in other genera: Kania, Lithomyrtus, Uromyrtus
- Myrtella cordata – Lithomyrtus cordata
- Myrtella hirsutula – Kania hirsutula
- Myrtella microphylla – Lithomyrtus microphylla
- Myrtella obtusa – Lithomyrtus obtusa
- Myrtella phebalioides – Lithomyrtus retusa
- Myrtella retusa – Lithomyrtus retusa
- Myrtella rostrata – Uromyrtus rostrata
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Myrtella.
- 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1877. Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants 105.
- ↑ Tropicos, Myrtella F.Muell.
- ↑ 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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