Biology:Myrrhinium

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Short description: Monotypic genus in the family Myrtaceae

Myrrhinium
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Myrrhinium
Schott
Species:
M. atropurpureum
Binomial name
Myrrhinium atropurpureum
Schott
Synonyms[1]
  • Felicianea Cambess.
  • Tetrastemon Hook. & Arn.
  • Felicianea rubriflora Cambess.
  • Myrrhinium octandrum (Benth.) Mattos
  • Tetrastemon loranthoides Hook. & Arn.
  • Myrrhinium peruvianum O.Berg
  • Myrrhinium rubriflorum O.Berg
  • Myrrhinium sarcopetalum Lem.
  • Myrrhinium lanceolatum Burret
  • Myrrhinium loranthoides (Hook. & Arn.) Burret

Myrrhinium is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1827.[2][3] It contains only one recognized species, Myrrhinium atropurpureum, native to South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S + SE Brazil , Uruguay, N Argentina ).[1]

Varieties[1]
  1. Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. atropurpureum - SE Brazil
  2. Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. octandrum Benth. - (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S Brazil , Uruguay, N Argentina

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 4(2): 404–405 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Myrrhinium Schott

Wikidata ☰ Q335299 entry




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