Neomyrtus is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae described in 1941.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Neomyrtus pedunculata, endemic to New Zealand. It is found there on both the North Island and the South Island.[1][4]
Neomyrtus pedunculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Tribe: | Myrteae |
Genus: | Neomyrtus Burret |
Species: | N. pedunculata
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Binomial name | |
Neomyrtus pedunculata (Hook.f.) Allan
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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Burret, (Maximilian) Karl Ewald. 1941. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15: 493
- ^ Tropicos, Neomyrtus Burret
- ^ 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.