Myrtaceae

Myrcianthes O.Berg

First published in Linnaea 27: 315 (1856)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Florida to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Chile Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2013 Wood, J.R.I., et al. [19220] Bolivia K000812222 Yes
Jul 1, 2013 Wood, J.R.I., et al. [19220] Bolivia K000567130 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Venturi, S. [9595] Argentina K000065796 Yes
Feb 16, 2006 Wood, J.R.I. [10521] Bolivia K000275706 Yes
May 9, 2005 Wood, J.R.I. [15785] Bolivia K000261606 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [5523] Ecuador K000006011 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [5523] Ecuador K000006010 Yes
Aug 1, 1988 Gay, C. [62] Chile K000276798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Beck, St.G.; Liberman, M. [9667] Bolivia K000331699 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18868] Brazil K000013412 Yes
[Harles, M.] [976] Colombia K000276804 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mori, S.A.; Benton, F.P. [13154] Brazil K000018483 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; de Carvalho, A.M.; Martinelli, G. [20977] Brazil K000013410 Yes
Maioli, V. [655] Brazil K000752418 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [10629] Bolivia K000812328 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15988] Brazil K000013411 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Stannard, B.; Harley, R.M.; Longhi-Wagner, H.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Arraes, M.G. [CFCR7046] Brazil K000013409 Yes
Hartweg [978] Colombia K000276812 Isolectotype Yes
Hartweg [978] Colombia K000276813 Lectotype Yes
Hartweg [976] Colombia K000276814 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0