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Myrceugenia

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Myrceugenia
Myrceugenia leptospermoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
O.Berg[1][2]

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][3] The genus is native to South America from central Brazil to southern Chile.[4] It is closely related to the genus Luma; some botanists include Myrceugenia in that genus.[5]

Myrceugenia schulzei is endemic to Alejandro Selkirk Island in the Juan Fernández Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean west of the Chilean coast.[4] Nothomyrcia fernandeziana, which is endemic to nearby Robinson Crusoe Island, was formerly placed in Myrceugenia but is now considered the sole species of genus Northomyrcia.[6] Both are prominent trees in the lowland and lower montane forests of the islands.

Species

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46 species are currently accepted.[7]

References

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  1. ^ lectotype designated by Legrand, Com. Bot. Mus. Montevideo 2(28): 3 (1953)
  2. ^ a b Berg, Otto Karl. 1855. Linnaea 27: 5, 131-135 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Myrceugenia O. Berg
  4. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Nothomyrcia fernandeziana (Hook. & Arn.) Kausel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Myrceugenia O.Berg". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
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