Myrceugenia

Myrceugenia is a genus of evergreen woody flowering trees and shrubs belonging to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1855.<ref name=j>Berg, Otto Karl. 1855. Linnaea 27: 5, 131-135 in Latin</ref><ref>Tropicos, Myrceugenia O. Berg </ref> The genus is native to South America from central Brazil to southern Chile.<ref name=f>Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families</ref> It is closely related to the genus Luma; some botanists include Myrceugenia in that genus.<ref>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.</ref>

Myrceugenia schulzei is endemic to Alejandro Selkirk Island in the Juan Fernández Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean west of the Chilean coast.<ref name=f/> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Both are prominent trees in the lowland and lower montane forests of the islands.

Species

46 species are currently accepted.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col

• Myrceugenia acutiflora Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia alpigena Template:Small – Brazil
• Myrceugenia bananalensis Template:Small – Brasilia D.F.
• Myrceugenia basicordata Template:Small – Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia bocaiuvensis Template:Small – Paraná
• Myrceugenia bracteosa Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia brevipedicellata Template:Small – Minas Gerais, São Paulo
• Myrceugenia × bridgesii Template:Small – central Chile
• Myrceugenia camargoana Template:Small – Rio Grande do Sul
• Myrceugenia campestris Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia chrysocarpa Template:Small – S. Chile, S. Argentina
• Myrceugenia colchaguensis Template:Small – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia correifolia Template:Small – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia cucullata Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia decussata Template:Small – São Paulo
• Myrceugenia × diemii Template:Small – C. Chile, S. Argentina
• Myrceugenia euosma Template:Small – S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Misiones
• Myrceugenia exsucca Template:Small – C. – S. Chile, S. Argentina
• Myrceugenia foveolata Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia franciscensis Template:Small – São Paulo, Paraná
• Myrceugenia gertii Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia glaucescens Template:Small – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
• Myrceugenia hamoniana Template:Small – Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia hatschbachii Template:Small – Paraná
• Myrceugenia hoehnei Template:Small – São Paulo, Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia joinvillensis Template:Small – Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia kleinii Template:Small – São Paulo, Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia lanceolata Template:Small – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia leptospermoides Template:Small – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia mesomischa Template:Small – Rio Grande do Sul
• Myrceugenia miersiana Template:Small – S. + E. Brazil
• Myrceugenia myrcioides Template:Small – S. + E. Brazil
• Myrceugenia myrtoides Template:Small – S. Brazil, Uruguay
• Myrceugenia obtusa Template:Small – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia ovalifolia Template:Small – São Paulo, Paraná
• Myrceugenia ovata Template:Small – S. + SE Brazil, S. Argentina, C. + S. Chile
• Myrceugenia oxysepala Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia parvifolia Template:Small – central and southern Chile
• Myrceugenia pilotantha Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia pinifolia Template:Small – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia planipes Template:Small – S. Chile, Neuquén
• Myrceugenia reitzii Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia rufa Template:Small – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia rufescens Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia schulzei Template:Small – Alejandro Selkirk Island
• Myrceugenia scutellata Template:Small – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia seriatoramosa Template:Small – SE Brazil
• Myrceugenia venosa Template:Small – Santa Catarina

External links

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• Myrceugenia en Enciclopedia de la flora Chilena
• Pictures and information of Myrceugenia colchaguensis Template:Webarchive, Myrceugenia correifolia Template:Webarchive, Myrceugenia lanceolata, Myrceugenia leptospermoides Template:Webarchive, Myrceugenia obtusa Template:Webarchive and Myrceugenia rufa Template:Webarchive

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