Octamyrtus Explained

Octamyrtus is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922.^{[1] [2]} It is native to New Guinea and to the nearby Indonesian Province of Maluku.^{[3] [4]}

Species

1. Octamyrtus arfakensis Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - West New Guinea
2. Octamyrtus behrmannii Diels - New Guinea
3. Octamyrtus glomerata Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - New Guinea
4. Octamyrtus halmaherensis Craven & Sunarti - Halmahera
5. Octamyrtus insignis Diels - New Guinea
6. Octamyrtus pleiopetala Diels - New Guinea, Aru Islands

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/194233#page/380/mode/1up Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1922. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57: 373-376
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40030105 Tropicos, Octamyrtus Diels
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=137157 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.