Octamyrtus

Summary

Octamyrtus is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922.[1][2] It is native to New Guinea and to the nearby Indonesian Province of Maluku.[3][4]

Octamyrtus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: OctamyrtusTrudgen Species Octamyrtus arfakensis Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - West New Guinea
  • Octamyrtus behrmannii Diels - New Guinea
  • Octamyrtus glomerata Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - New Guinea
  • Octamyrtus halmaherensis Craven & Sunarti - Halmahera
  • Octamyrtus insignis Diels - New Guinea
  • Octamyrtus pleiopetala Diels - New Guinea, Aru Islands
  • References edit

    1. ^ Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1922. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57: 373-376 descriptions in Latin, commentary and geographic information in German
    2. ^ Tropicos, Octamyrtus Diels
    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.