Neomitranthes

Neomitranthes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Neomitranthes
D.Legrand
Type species
Neomitranthes glomerata
(D.Legrand) D.Legrand

Neomitranthes is a genus of flowering plants in family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1977. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.

Species

13 species are accepted.

Formerly included

moved to other genera: Blepharocalyx Calyptrogenia Myrceugenia

  1. Neomitranthes castellanosii – Blepharocalyx eggersii – Lesser Antilles, Guyana, Venezuela, Peru, N Brazil
  2. Neomitranthes ekmanii – Calyptrogenia grandiflora – Hispaniola
  3. Neomitranthes hatschbachii – Myrceugenia gertii – southern Brazil
  4. Neomitranthes langsdorffii – Eugenia guanabarina – eastern Brazil
  5. Neomitranthes maria-emiliae – Myrceugenia ovalifolia – Paraná, São Paulo
  6. Neomitranthes riedeliana – Eugenia neoriedeliana – southeastern Brazil