Biology:Neomitranthes

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae

Neomitranthes
Scientific classification e
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 plant in family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1977.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Brazil .[3][4]

Species[3]


Formerly included[3]

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 - S Brazil
  4. Neomitranthes maria-emiliae - Myrceugenia ovalifolia - Paraná, São Paulo

References

  1. Legrand, Carlos Maria Diego Enrique. 1977. Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 1: 671
  2. Tropicos, Neomitranthes D. Legrand
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q6993331 entry