Myrceugenia

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Myrceugenia is a genus of evergreen woody flowering trees and shrubs belonging to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1855.[1][2] The genus is native to South America from central Brazil to southern Chile.[3] It is closely related to the genus Luma; some botanists include Myrceugenia in that genus.[4]

Myrceugenia schulzei is endemic to Alejandro Selkirk Island in the Juan Fernández Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean west of the Chilean coast.[3] Nothomyrcia fernandeziana, which is endemic to nearby Robinson Crusoe Island, was formerly placed in Myrceugenia but is now considered the sole species of genus Northomyrcia.[5] Both are prominent trees in the lowland and lower montane forests of the islands.

Species

46 species are currently accepted.[6]

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References

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  1. Berg, Otto Karl. 1855. Linnaea 27: 5, 131-135 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, Myrceugenia O. Berg
  3. a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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.
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