Myrtastrum Explained

Myrtastrum is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1941.^{[1] [2]} It contains only one known species, Myrtastrum rufopunctatum, endemic to New Caledonia.^{[3] [4]} It is a phylogenetically isolated genus within the tribe Myrteae.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Burret, (Maximilian) Karl Ewald. 1941. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15: 494
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024673 Tropicos, Myrtastrum Burret
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=132110 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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.
5. Vasconcelos, Thais N.C., Carol E.B. Proença, Berhaman Ahmad, Daniel S. Aguilar, Reinaldo Aguilar, Bruno S. Amorim, Keron Campbell, et al. (2017) Myrteae Phylogeny, Calibration, Biogeography and Diversification Patterns: Increased Understanding in the Most Species Rich Tribe of Myrtaceae.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 113–37. .