Calyptrogenia
| Calyptrogenia | |
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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: | Calyptrogenia Burret |
| Type species | |
| Calyptrogenia ekmanii (Urb.) Burret
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Calyptrogenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1941.[1][2] It is native to two islands in the West Indies: Jamaica and Hispaniola.[3][4][5]
- Species[3]
- Calyptrogenia biflora Alain - Sierra Prieta in Dominican Republic
- Calyptrogenia bracteosa (Urb.) Burret - Massif de la Hotte in Haiti
- Calyptrogenia cuspidata Alain - southwestern Dominican Republic
- Calyptrogenia ekmanii (Urb.) Burret - Massif de la Hotte in Haiti, northeastern Jamaica
- Calyptrogenia grandiflora Burret - Haiti, Dominican Republic
- Calyptrogenia jeremiensis (Urb. & Ekman) Burret - Massif de la Hotte in Haiti, northwestern Jamaica
- Formerly included[3]
moved to other genera: Myrceugenia Neomitranthes
- Calyptrogenia hatschbachii - Myrceugenia gertii - southern Brazil
- Calyptrogenia riedeliana - Neomitranthes riedeliana - southern Brazil
References
- ^ Burret, (Maximilian) Karl Ewald. 1941. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15: 541, 545
- ^ Tropicos, Calyptrogenia Burret
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Peguero, B., Jiménez, F. & Mejía, M. (2005). Distribución del Género Calyptrogenia Burret (Myrtaceae) en la Española. Moscosoa 14: 72-82.
- ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.