Myrtella
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Myrtella is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1877.[2][3] It is native to New Guinea and to some islands of the western Pacific.[1][4]
- accepted species[1]
- Myrtella beccarii F.Muell. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Myrtella bennigseniana (Volkens) Diels - New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands
- formerly included[1]
now classified in other genera: Kania, Lithomyrtus, Uromyrtus
- Myrtella cordata - Lithomyrtus cordata
- Myrtella hirsutula - Kania hirsutula
- Myrtella microphylla - Lithomyrtus microphylla
- Myrtella obtusa - Lithomyrtus obtusa
- Myrtella phebalioides - Lithomyrtus retusa
- Myrtella retusa - Lithomyrtus retusa
- Myrtella rostrata - Uromyrtus rostrata
References
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- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1877. Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants 105.
- ^ Tropicos, Myrtella F.Muell.
- ^ 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.
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