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Taxonomy

Notes:

Publishing author: A.R.Bean Publication: Austrobaileya 5(2): 161 (1999) 1999

Physical Description

Family Myrtaceae:

Trees or shrubs, evergreen, usually with essential oils-containing cavities in foliage, branchlets, and flowers. Stipules absent or small and caducous. Leaves opposite, occasionally alternate, occasionally ternate or pseudo-whorled; leaf blade with secondary veins pinnate or basal, often with intramarginal veins near margin, margin usually entire. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, cymose but variously arranged, 1- to many-flowered. Flowers bisexual, sometimes polygamous, actinomorphic. Hypanthium usually adnate to ovary and prolonged above it. Calyx lobes (3 or) 4 or 5 or more, distinct or connate into a calyptra. Petals 4 or 5, sometimes absent, distinct or connate into a calyptra, sometimes coherent and pseudocalyptrate. Stamens usually numerous, in 1 to several whorls; filaments distinct or connate into 5 bundles opposite petals; anthers 2-celled, dorsifixed or basifixed, dehiscing longitudinally or rarely terminally; connectives usually terminating in 1 or more apical glands. Ovary inferior, semi-inferior, or very rarely superior, carpels 2 to more, locules 1 to many, pseudoseptum sometimes present, placentation usually axile but occasionally parietal; ovules 1 to several per locule. Style single; stigma single. Fruit a capsule, berry, drupaceous berry, or drupe, 1- to many-seeded. Seeds without endosperm or endosperm sparse and thin; testa cartilaginous or thinly membranous, sometimes absent; embryo straight or curved.

About 130 genera and 4500-5000 species: Mediterranean region, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, tropical and temperate Asia, Australia, Pacific islands, tropical and South America; 10 genera (five introduced) and 121 species (50 endemic, 32 introduced treated here) in China.

Many Myrtaceae are cultivated garden ornamentals, street trees, or plantation trees. Some members of tribe Syzygieae are grown as fruit crops. In addition to the cultivated members of the family treated here, some others grown in China include Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burrett (Feijoa sellowiana (O. Berg) O. Berg), Myrtus communis Linnaeus, and Syncarpia glomulifera (Smith) Niedenzu.^[1]

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: near white, white

Distribution

Range and Population

Queensland.

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Babingtonia:

There are approximately 36 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: B. angusta · B. behrii · B. bidwillii (Babingtonia) · B. brachypoda · B. camphorosmae · B. collina · B. corynophylla · B. crassa · B. crenulata · B. crispiflora · B. cunninghamii · B. densifolia · B. gracilis · B. granitica · B. jucunda · B. leratii · B. nova-anglica · B. novo-anglica · B. odontocalyx · B. ovalifolia · B. papillosa · B. pentagonantha · B. pentandra · B. pinifolia · B. pluriflora · B. preissiana · B. procera · B. prominens · B. robusta · B. silvestris · B. similis · B. squarrulosa · B. subcuneata · B. taxifolia · B. tozerensis · B. virgata

Members of the genus Agonis:

There are approximately 35 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: A. abnormis · A. angustifolia · A. conspicua · A. elliptica · A. elliptica var. angustifolia · A. elliptica var. elliptica · A. ericoides · A. flexuosa (Australian Willow Myrtle) · A. flexuosa var. angustifolia · A. flexuosa var. flexuosa · A. flexuosa var. latifolia · A. floribunda · A. fragrans · A. glabra · A. grandiflora · A. hypericifolia · A. juniperina · A. linearifolia · A. linearifolia var. conspicua · A. linearifolia var. linearifolia · A. longifolia · A. luehmanni · A. luehmannii · A. lysicephala · A. marginata · A. obtusissima · A. ovalifolia · A. parviceps · A. scortechiniana · A. spathulata · A. spathulata var. angustifolia · A. spathulata var. spathulata · A. speciosa · A. theaeformis · A. undulata

Bibliography

• Chang Hung-ta & Miau Ru-hwai. 1984. Myrtaceae. In: Chen Chieh, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 53(1): 28-135.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 15, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15639507
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:247875-3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 953627

Footnotes:

1. Jie Chen & Lyn A. Craven "Myrtaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 321. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.