Myrceugenia Explained

Myrceugenia is a genus of evergreen woody flowering trees and shrubs belonging to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1855.^{[1] [2]} The genus is native to South America from central Brazil to southern Chile.^[3] It is closely related to the genus Luma; some botanists include Myrceugenia in that genus.^[4]

Two species are endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean west of the Chilean coast.^[3] Myrceugenia fernandeziana is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island and M. schulzei to Alejandro Selkirk Island, where they are prominent trees in the lowland and lower montane forests of the islands.

Accepted species^[3]

• Myrceugenia acutiflora – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia alpigena – Brazil
• Myrceugenia bocaiuvensis – Paraná
• Myrceugenia bracteosa – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia brevipedicellata – Minas Gerais, São Paulo
• Myrceugenia × bridgesiiMyrceugenia × bridgesii – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia camargoana – Rio Grande do Sul
• Myrceugenia campestris – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia chrysocarpa – S. Chile, S. Argentina
• Myrceugenia colchaguensis – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia correifolia – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia cucullata – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia decussata – São Paulo
• Myrceugenia × diemii – C. Chile, S. Argentina
• Myrceugenia euosma – S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Misiones
• Myrceugenia exsucca – C. – S. Chile, S. Argentina
• Myrceugenia fernandeziana – Robinson Crusoe Island
• Myrceugenia foveolata – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia franciscensis – São Paulo, Paraná
• Myrceugenia gertii – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia glaucescens – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
• Myrceugenia hamoniana – Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia hatschbachii – Paraná
• Myrceugenia hoehnei – São Paulo, Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia kleinii – São Paulo, Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia lanceolata – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia leptospermoides – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia mesomischa – Rio Grande do Sul
• Myrceugenia miersiana – S. + E. Brazil
• Myrceugenia myrcioides – S. + E. Brazil
• Myrceugenia myrtoides – S. Brazil, Uruguay
• Myrceugenia obtusa – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia ovalifolia – São Paulo, Paraná
• Myrceugenia ovata – S. + SE Brazil, S. Argentina, C. + S. Chile
• Myrceugenia oxysepala – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia parvifolia – C. +
• Myrceugenia pilotantha – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia pinifolia – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia planipes – S. Chile, Neuquén
• Myrceugenia reitzii – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia rufa – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia rufescens – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia schulzei – Alejandro Selkirk Island
• Myrceugenia scutellata S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia seriatoramosa – SE Brazil
• Myrceugenia venosa – Santa Catarina

External links

• • Myrceugenia en Enciclopedia de la flora Chilena
• Pictures and information of Myrceugenia colchaguensis, Myrceugenia correifolia, Myrceugenia lanceolata, Myrceugenia leptospermoides, Myrceugenia obtusa and Myrceugenia rufa

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/113978#page/9/mode/1up Berg, Otto Karl. 1855. Linnaea 27: 5, 131-135
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024263 Tropicos, Myrceugenia O. Berg
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=130862 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.