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]
| Myrceugenia | |
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| Myrceugenia leptospermoides | |
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: | Myrceugenia O.Berg |
| Type species | |
| Myrceugenia myrtoides | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Nothomyrcia Kausel | |
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
edit- ^ 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.
External links
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Media related to Myrceugenia at Wikimedia Commons- Myrceugenia en Enciclopedia de la flora Chilena
- Pictures and information of Myrceugenia colchaguensis Archived 2020-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, Myrceugenia correifolia Archived 2020-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, Myrceugenia lanceolata, Myrceugenia leptospermoides Archived 2020-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, Myrceugenia obtusa Archived 2020-07-01 at the Wayback Machine and Myrceugenia rufa Archived 2020-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
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