Myrcianthes O.Berg

  • Family

    Myrtaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Myrcianthes O.Berg

  • 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.

  • Floras and Monographs

    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.