Biology:Meteoromyrtus
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Short description: Monotypic genus in the family Myrtaceae
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| Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Myrteae |
| Genus: | Meteoromyrtus Gamble |
| Species: | M. wynaadensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis (Beddome) Gamble
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Meteoromyrtus is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1918.[3][4] It contains only one known species, the critically endangered Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis, native to Theerthundamalai of Kannur district in the state of Kerala in India .[1][2][5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T31195A9607544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31195A9607544.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/31195/9607544. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Gamble, James Sykes. 1918. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1918: 241 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Meteoromyrtus Gamble
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Rare, Endangered and threatened species". Kerala Forest Department. http://www.forest.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78:rare-plants&catid=37:common-trees&Itemid=56. (Cannanore/Kannur district is in Kerala and not Tamil Nadu as stated by the IUCN et al. This site lists Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis as being found in Kerala.)
Wikidata ☰ Q1331233 entry
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