Neomyrtus

Neomyrtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Neomyrtus; Burret
Species:	A. elegans
Binomial name
	Neomyrtus pedunculata; (Hook.f.) Allan
Synonyms
	Myrtus pedunculata Hook.f.; Eugenia vitis-idaea Raoul; Myrtus vitis-idaea (Raoul) Druce; Neomyrtus vitis-idaea (Raoul) Burret;

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]

References

^ ^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.

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