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.

  1. Neomitranthes amblymitra – Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
  2. Neomitranthes capivariensis – São Paulo
  3. Neomitranthes cordifolia – Rio Grande do Sul
  4. Neomitranthes gemballae – Paraná, Santa Catarina
  5. Neomitranthes glomerata – Paraná, São Paulo, Santa Catarina
  6. Neomitranthes gracilis – São Paulo
  7. Neomitranthes obscura – C + SE + S Brazil
  8. Neomitranthes obtusa – Espírito Santo
  9. Neomitranthes pedicellata – São Paulo
  10. Neomitranthes pereireana – Rio de Janeiro
  11. Neomitranthes regeliana – São Paulo
  12. Neomitranthes stictophylla – Espírito Santo
  13. Neomitranthes warmingiana – Paraná, São Paulo
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


References

  1. ↑ Legrand, Carlos Maria Diego Enrique. 1977. Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 1: 671
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Neomitranthes D. Legrand
  3. 1 2 3 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.