- Myrceugenia
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Myrceugenia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Myrceugenia
O.BergSpecies About 15-20 - see text
Myrceugenia is a genus of evergreen woody flowering trees and shrubs belonging to the Myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus is native to South America from southeast Brazil south to southern Chile; it is closely related to the genus Luma; some botanists include Myrceugenia in that genus.
Two species are endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific ocean west of the Chilean coast. M. fernandeziana is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island and M. schulzei to Alejandro Selkirk Island, where they are prominent trees in the lowland and lower montane forests of the islands.
Species include:
- Myrceugenia bracteosa
- Myrceugenia brevipedicellata
- Myrceugenia campestris
- Myrceugenia chrysocarpa
- Myrceugenia colchaguensis
- Myrceugenia correifolia
- Myrceugenia exsucca
- Myrceugenia fernandeziana
- Myrceugenia franciscensis
- Myrceugenia kleinii
- Myrceugenia lanceolata
- Myrceugenia leptospermoides
- Myrceugenia miersiana
- Myrceugenia myrcioides
- Myrceugenia obtusa
- Myrceugenia ovata
- Myrceugenia parvifolia
- Myrceugenia pilotantha
- Myrceugenia pinifolia
- Myrceugenia planipes
- Myrceugenia rufa
- Myrceugenia rufescens
- Myrceugenia schulzei
- Myrceugenia scutellata
External links
- Myrceugenia en Enciclopedia de la flora Chilena
- Pictures and information of Myrceugenia colchaguensis, Myrceugenia correifolia, Myrceugenia lanceolata, Myrceugenia leptospermoides, Myrceugenia obtusa and Myrceugenia rufa
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