Myrtella

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

Saffordiella Merr.

Myrtella is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1877. It is native to New Guinea and to some islands of the western Pacific.

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

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.