Myrcianthes

Myrcianthes
Myrcianthes leucoxyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Myrcianthes
O.Berg
Type species
Myrcianthes apiculata
O.Berg[1][2]
Synonyms[3][4]

Myrcianthes is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1856.[5][2] It is native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida.[3]

accepted species[3][4]
  1. Myrcianthes borealis McVaugh - Colombia, Venezuela
  2. Myrcianthes bradeana Mattos & D.Legrand - Minas Gerais
  3. Myrcianthes callicoma McVaugh - Tucumán, Bolivia
  4. Myrcianthes cavalcantei Mattos - Roraima
  5. Myrcianthes cisplatensis (Cambess.) O.Berg - S Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
  6. Myrcianthes coquimbensis (Barnéoud) Landrum & Grifo - Coquimbo[6]
  7. Myrcianthes crebrifolia (Steyerm.) McVaugh - Colombia, Venezuela
  8. Myrcianthes cymosa (O.Berg) Mattos - SE Brazil
  9. Myrcianthes discolor (Kunth) McVaugh - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
  10. Myrcianthes esnardiana (Urb. & Ekman) Alain - Massif de la Hotte
  11. Myrcianthes ferreyrae (McVaugh) McVaugh - Peru
  12. Myrcianthes fimbriata (Kunth) McVaugh - Peru, Ecuador
  13. Myrcianthes fragrans (Sw.) McVaugh – twinberry, twinberry stopper[7] - from Mexico + Florida to Peru
  14. Myrcianthes gigantea (D.Legrand) D.Legrand - S Brazil, Uruguay, Misiones
  15. Myrcianthes hallii (O.Berg) McVaugh - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
  16. Myrcianthes indifferens (McVaugh) McVaugh - Peru
  17. Myrcianthes karsteniana (Klotzsch ex O.Berg) McVaugh - Colombia, Venezuela
  18. Myrcianthes lanosa McVaugh - Cajamarca
  19. Myrcianthes leucoxyla (Ortega) McVaugh - Colombia, Venezuela
  20. Myrcianthes lindleyana (Kunth) McVaugh - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
  21. Myrcianthes mato (Griseb.) McVaugh - Bolivia, NW Argentina
  22. Myrcianthes minimifolia (McVaugh) McVaugh - Peru, Jujuy
  23. Myrcianthes monteucalyptoides Proença & L.V.S.Jenn. - Peru
  24. Myrcianthes myrsinoides (Kunth) Grifo - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
  25. Myrcianthes oreophila (Diels) McVaugh - Peru, Bolivia
  26. Myrcianthes orthostemon (O.Berg) Grifo - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
  27. Myrcianthes osteomeloides (Rusby) McVaugh - Peru, Bolivia
  28. Myrcianthes pearcei (McVaugh) McVaugh - La Paz
  29. Myrcianthes pedersenii D.Legrand - Paraguay
  30. Myrcianthes prodigiosa McVaugh - Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname
  31. Myrcianthes pseudomato (D.Legrand) McVaugh - Bolivia, NW Argentina
  32. Myrcianthes pungens (O.Berg) D.Legrand - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
  33. Myrcianthes quinqueloba (McVaugh) McVaugh - Peru
  34. Myrcianthes rhopaloides (Kunth) McVaugh - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
  35. Myrcianthes riparia Sobral, Grippa & T.B.Guim. - S BRazil
  36. Myrcianthes sessilis McVaugh - Colombia, Venezuela
  37. Myrcianthes storkii (Standl.) McVaugh - Panama, Costa Rica
formerly placed here[4]

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 143 (30 Jul 1956)
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Myrcianthes O. Berg
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Genus: Myrcianthes O. Berg". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  5. ↑ Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(3): 315 in Latin
  6. ↑ Garcia-Guzman, P.; et al. (2012). "The ecology, distribution and conservation status of Myrcianthes coquimbensis: a globally endangered endemic shrub of the Chilean Coastal Desert". Plant Ecology & Diversity. 5 (2): 197–204. doi:10.1080/17550874.2011.583286.
  7. ↑ "Myrcianthes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-04.

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