Biology:Calycorectes

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae

Calycorectes
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Calycorectes
O.Berg
Type species
Calycorectes grandifolius
O.Berg[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Schizocalyx O.Berg 1856, illegitimate homonym, not Scheele 1843 (Lamiaceae) nor Hochst. 1844 (Salvadoraceae) nor Wedd. 1854 (Rubiaceae)
  • Schizocalomyrtus Kausel

Calycorectes is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1856.[4][2] It is native to South America, southern Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.[3]

Accepted species[3]
Formerly included

moved to other genera: Eugenia Hottea Plinia Psidium Siphoneugena Stereocaryum


References

  1. lectotype designated by Amshoff, Rec. Trav. Bot. Nierl. 39: 156 (1942)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Calycorectes O. Berg
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. 27(2–3): 136, 317-319 in Latin
  5. Sánchez-Vindas, P. E. 1990. Myrtaceae. Flora de Veracruz 62: 1–146.

Wikidata ☰ Q5024629 entry