Amomyrtella
Appearance
Amomyrtella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
Tribe: | Myrteae |
Genus: | Amomyrtella Kausel |
Amomyrtella is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1956.[1][2] It is native to South America, where it is distributed from Ecuador to Argentina.[3][4]
- Species[3]
- Amomyrtella guilii (Speg.) Kausel, Ark. - S Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Tarija + Chuquisaca Provinces), NW Argentina
- Amomyrtella irregularis (McVaugh) Landrum & Morocho - Loja Province in Ecuador
References
[edit]- ^ Kausel, Eberhard Max Leopold. 1956. Arkiv för Botanik, Andra Serien 3: 514.
- ^ Tropicos, Amomyrtella Kausel
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Amomyrtella Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Landrum, L. R. and V. Morocho. (2011). A new combination based on Myrcianthes irregularis (Myrtaceae) – a new genus for Ecuador. J Bot Res Inst Texas 5(1), 105-07.