Myrtaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 322. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Biffin, E., Craven, L. A., Crisp, M. D. & Gadek, P. A. (2006). Molecular systematics of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae): evidence from the chloroplast genome. Taxon 55: 79–94.
  • Landrum, L. R. & Kawasaki, M. L. (1997). The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49: 508–536.
  • Lucas, E. J., Harris, S. A., Mazine, F. F., Belsham, S. R., Nic Lughadha, E. M., Telford, A., Gasson, P. E. & Chase, M. W. (2007). Suprageneric phylogenetics of Myrteae, the generically richest tribe in Myrtaceae (Myrtales). Taxon 56: 1105–1128.
  • Sobral, M., Proença, C., Souza, M., Mazine, F. & Lucas, E. (2010). Myrtaceae. In: R. C. Forzza et al. (eds), Catálogo de Plantas e Fungos do Brasil 2. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro.
  • Wilson, P. G. (2011). Myrtaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 10: 212–271. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Neotropikey

  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, M., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C., Soares-Silva, L.H., Wilson, P.G. and Lucas, E. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae. Kew Publishing: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Landrum, L.R. and Kawasaki, M.L. (1997). The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia. 49: 508-536.
  • Lucas, E.J., Harris, S.A., Mazine, F.F., Belsham, S.R., Nic Lughadha, E.M., Telford, A., Gasson, P.E. and Chase, M.W. (2007). Suprageneric phylogenetics of Myrteae, the generically richest tribe in Myrtaceae (Myrtales). Taxon 56: 1105-1128.
  • McVaugh, R. (1956). Tropical American Myrtaceae, notes on generic concepts and descriptions of previously unrecognized species. Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 145-228.
  • McVaugh, R. (1963). Tropical American Myrtaceae, II, notes on generic concepts and descriptions of previously unrecognized species. Fieldiana 29: 393-532.
  • McVaugh, R. (1968). The genera of American Myrtaceae - an interim report. Taxon 17: 354-418.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Craven, L.A., Biffin, E. & Ashton, P.S. (2006). Acmena, Acmenosperma, Cleistocalyx, Piliocalyx and Waterhousea formally transferred to Syzygium (Myrtaceae). Blumea 51: 131–142.
  • Hill, K.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1995). Systematic studies in the Eucalypts 7. A revision of the bloodwoods, genus Corymbia (Myrtaceae). Telopea 6: 185–504.
  • Snow, N. & Guymer, G.P. (1999). Systematic and cladistic studies of Myrtella F.Muell. and Lithomyrtus F.Muell. (Myrtaceae). Austrobaileya 5: 173–207.
  • Wilson, P.G. (1993). Thaleropia, a new genus for Metrosideros queenslandica (Myrtaceae) and its allies. Austral. Syst. Bot. 6: 251–259.
  • Wilson, P.G. (2010). Myrtaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular plants 10: 212–271. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Brophy, J. J., Craven, L. A. & Doran, J. C. (2013). Melaleucas: Their Botany, Essential Oils and Uses. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Bruce, Australian Capital Territory.
  • EUCLID Eucalypts of Australia (2020). 4th edition. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/about.htm.
  • Thornhill, A. H., Ho, S. Y., Külheim, C. & Crisp, M. D. (2015). Interpreting the modern distribution of Myrtaceae using a dated molecular phylogeny. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 93: 29–43.
  • Wilson, P. G. (2011). Myrtaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, X: 212–271. Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0