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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Myrtus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Myrtus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Myrtanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 295. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Myrtales Rchb. pub. Bot. Damen: 475. 1828.       Subordo  Myrtineae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 616, 617, 1092, 1128. Jun 1835.       Familia  Myrtaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 322. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Myrtles       Subfamilia  Myrtoideae Sweet pub. Fl. Australas.: ad t. 10. 1 Aug 1827.       Tribus  Myrteae DC. pub. Linnaea 2: 504. Jul 1827.       Genus  Myrtus L. pub. (1753) common name: myrtus

Named members of the Genus Myrtus

1	Species  axillaris Sw. syn. Eugenia axillaris
2	Species  bahamensis (Kiaersk.) Urban syn. Psidium longipes var. longipes
3	Species  bellonis (Krug & Urban) Burret syn. Eugenia bellonis
4	Species  communis L. common name: Myrtle berry, sweet myrtle, Greek myrtle
5	Species  cordata Sw. syn. Eugenia cordata var. cordata
6	Species  glabrata Sw. syn. Eugenia glabrata
7	Species  ligustrina Sw. syn. Eugenia ligustrina
8	Species  monticola Sw. syn. Eugenia monticola
9	Species  procera Sw. syn. Eugenia procera
10	Species  splendens Sw. syn. Myrcia splendens
11	Species  verrucosa Berg syn. Psidium longipes var. longipes
12	Species  zuzygium L. syn. Calyptranthes zuzygium

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.