Biology:Xanthomyrtus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Tristanieae |
| Genus: | Xanthomyrtus Diels |
Xanthomyrtus is a group of shrubs and trees in the botanical family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922.[1][2] It is found in Borneo, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Philippines , New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and New Caledonia.[3][4]
They are mostly montane shrubs or trees, sometimes epiphytic. Flowers are yellow, usually 5-merous, in 3-flowered, axillary and terminal peduncles.[5] The fruit is a reddish, dark blue or black berry.[6]
- species[3]
References
- ↑ Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1922. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57: 362-367 descriptions in Latin, comments and geographic information in German
- ↑ Tropicos, Xanthomyrtus Diels
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Scott, A.J. (1979). "A Revision of Xanthomyrtus (Myrtaceae)". Kew Bulletin 33 (3): 461–484.
- ↑ Beaman, J.H. & Anderson, C. (2004). The Plants of Mount Kinabalu 5: 1-609. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Wikidata ☰ Q9096518 entry
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