Taxon Details: Myrcianthes O.Berg
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Family:
Myrtaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Myrtaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Myrcianthes O.Berg
Myrcianthes O.Berg
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Author: Maria Lúcia Kawasaki
Description: Inflorescences usually dichasial, the bracteoles deciduous; hypanthium not prolonged above ovary apex; calyx lobes 4 or 5, persistent; petals 4 or 5; ovary usually 2-locular, the ovules many per locule, the stigma punctiform. Fruits usually red to back, crowned by the calyx lobes. Seeds 1 or 2, the seed coat membranous to chartaceous; embryo eugenioid, the cotyledons free.
Diversity and distribution: Ca. 50 species in the Neotropics.
Taxonomic notes: Mrycianthes differs from Eugenia by its dichasial instead of racemose inflorescences which are often reduced to fascicles; free versus fused cotyledons; and 4- or 5-merous vs. always 4-merous flowers. This generic description was prepared for the Plants and Lichens of Saba project.
Author: Maria Lúcia Kawasaki
Description: Inflorescences usually dichasial, the bracteoles deciduous; hypanthium not prolonged above ovary apex; calyx lobes 4 or 5, persistent; petals 4 or 5; ovary usually 2-locular, the ovules many per locule, the stigma punctiform. Fruits usually red to back, crowned by the calyx lobes. Seeds 1 or 2, the seed coat membranous to chartaceous; embryo eugenioid, the cotyledons free.
Diversity and distribution: Ca. 50 species in the Neotropics.
Taxonomic notes: Mrycianthes differs from Eugenia by its dichasial instead of racemose inflorescences which are often reduced to fascicles; free versus fused cotyledons; and 4- or 5-merous vs. always 4-merous flowers. This generic description was prepared for the Plants and Lichens of Saba project.
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Myrcianthes O.Berg: [Article] Maguire, Bassett. 1969. The botany of the Guayana Highland-part VIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 1-290.
Myrcianthes O.Berg: [Article] Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Myrcianthes O.Berg: [Article] Maguire, Bassett. 1969. The botany of the Guayana Highland-part VIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 1-290.
Myrcianthes O.Berg: [Article] Maguire, Bassett. 1969. The botany of the Guayana Highland-part VIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 1-290.
Myrcianthes O.Berg: [Article] Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Myrcianthes O.Berg: [Article] Maguire, Bassett. 1969. The botany of the Guayana Highland-part VIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 1-290.