Biology:Kanakomyrtus

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Short description: Genus of shrubs

Kanakomyrtus
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Kanakomyrtus
N.Snow

Kanakomyrtus is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 2009.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[3] It is related to Archirhodomyrtus and Rhodomyrtus.[4]

Species[3]


References

  1. Snow, Neil Wilton. 2009. Systematic Botany 34(2): 330-340
  2. Tropicos, Kanakomyrtus N. Snow
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Snow, N., J. McFadden, T. M. Evans, A. M. Salywon, M. F. Wojciechowski, and P. G. Wilson (2011). Morphological and Molecular Evidence of Polyphyly in Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae: Myrteae). Systematic Botany 36 (2): 390–404.

Wikidata ☰ Q17595630 entry