Myrtella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Myrtella
F.Muell.
Synonyms[1]

Saffordiella Merr.

Myrtella is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1877.[2][3] It is native to New Guinea and to some islands of the western Pacific.[1][4]

Accepted species[1]
  1. Myrtella beccarii F.Muell. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  2. Myrtella bennigseniana (Volkens) Diels - New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands
Formerly included[1]

now classified in other genera: Kania, Lithomyrtus, Uromyrtus

  1. Myrtella cordata - Lithomyrtus cordata
  2. Myrtella hirsutula - Kania hirsutula
  3. Myrtella microphylla - Lithomyrtus microphylla
  4. Myrtella obtusa - Lithomyrtus obtusa
  5. Myrtella phebalioides - Lithomyrtus retusa
  6. Myrtella retusa - Lithomyrtus retusa
  7. Myrtella rostrata - Uromyrtus rostrata

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1877. Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants 105.
  3. Tropicos, Myrtella F.Muell.
  4. 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.


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