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
Synonyms
	Acreugenia Kausel; Anamomis Griseb.; Aspidogenia Burret; Reichea Kausel; Reicheia Kausel; Pseudomyrcianthes Kausel;

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]

Taxonomy

Accepted species:^[3]^[4]

2

^ lectotype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 143 (30 Jul 1956)
^ ^a ^b Tropicos, Myrcianthes O. Berg
^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ ^a ^b "Genus: Myrcianthes O. Berg". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
^ Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(3): 315 in Latin
^ 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.
^ "Myrcianthes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-01-04.

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