Myrtella Explained

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

Accepted species^[3]

1. Myrtella beccarii F.Muell. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
2. Myrtella bennigseniana (Volkens) Diels - New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands

Formerly included^[3] 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

Notes and References

1. Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1877. Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants 105.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024683 Tropicos, Myrtella F.Muell.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=132119 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.