Myrsine
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Myrsine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Myrsinaceae before this was merged into the Primulaceae.[1] It is found nearly worldwide, primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. It contains over 280 species,[2] including several notable radiations, such as the matipo of New Zealand and the kōlea of Hawaiʻi (the New Zealand "black matipo", Pittosporum tenuifolium, is not related to Myrsine). In the United States, members of this genus are known as colicwood. Some species, especially M. africana, are grown as ornamental shrubs.
The leathery, evergreen leaves are simple and alternate, with smooth or toothed margins and without stipules. The one-seeded, indehiscent fruit is a thin-fleshed globose drupe. The flowers and fruits often do not develop until after leaf fall and thus appear naked on the branches. The fruits often do not mature until the year after flowering. The calyx is persistent.
The Pacific basin and New World species formerly separated in the genera Rapanea and Suttonia (distinguished from the African and Southeast Asian Myrsine sensu stricto by having the style absent and staminal tube and filaments completely adnate to the corolla) are now generally included in Myrsine.[3]
Species
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282 species are currently accepted.[2]
Hawaiian species
Hawaiian native species include:[4]
- Myrsine degeneri HosakaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi)
- Myrsine denticulata (Wawra) HosakaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Kauai)
- Myrsine fernseei (Mez) Hosaka (Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi)
- Myrsine fosbergii Hosaka (Oʻahu and Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi)
- Myrsine helleri (O.Deg. & I.Deg.) H.St.JohnScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myrsine juddii HosakaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myrsine kauaiensis Hillebr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myrsine knudsenii (Rock) Hosaka (Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi)
- Myrsine lanaiensis Hillebr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myrsine lessertiana A.DC. – Kōlea lau nui (Hawaiʻi)[5]
- Myrsine linearifolia HosakaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myrsine mezii Hosaka (Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi)
- Myrsine petiolata Hosaka (Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi)
- Myrsine pukooensis (H.Lév.) HosakaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myrsine punctata (H.Lév.) WilburScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myrsine sandwicensis A.DC. – Kōlea lau liʻi (Hawaiʻi)[6]
- Myrsine vaccinioides W.L.Wagner, D.R.Herbst & SohmerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myrsine wawrae (Mez) HosakaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Other selected species
- Myrsine adamsonii Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine africana L. (Africa, Southern Asia and the Azores)
- Myrsine andersonii Fosbert & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine aquilonia de Lange & Heenan (North Island of New Zealand)
- Myrsine argentea Heenan & de Lange (South Island of New Zealand)
- Myrsine australis – Red matipo, mapou (New Zealand)
- Myrsine borneensis Scheff.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Borneo)
- Myrsine brownii Fosbert & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine bullata Pipoly (Peru)
- Myrsine ceylanica (Mez) Wadhwa (Sri Lanka)
- Myrsine cheesemanii (Mez) Hemsl. ex Prain (Cook Islands)
- Myrsine collina Nadeaud (Society Islands)
- Myrsine cubana A.DC.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Caribbean, Central America, southern Mexico, and Florida)
- Myrsine diazii Pipoly (Peru)
- Myrsine divaricata Cunn (New Zealand)
- Myrsine falcata Nadeaud (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine fasciculata (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine fusca (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine gracilissima Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine hartii (M.L.Grant) Fosberg & Sachet (Society Islands)
- Myrsine hosakae H.St.John (Pitcairn Islands)
- Myrsine howittiana (F.Muell. ex Mez) Jackes (Eastern Australia)
- Myrsine juergensenii (Mez) Ricketson & PipolyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Mexico and Central America)
- Myrsine kermadecensis Cheeseman (Kermadec Islands)
- Myrsine laetevirens (Mez) Arechav. (subtropical South America)
- Myrsine longifolia NadeaudScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Tahiti)
- Myrsine mccomishii (Sprague) JackesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Lord Howe Island)
- Myrsine melanophloeos (L.) R.Br. ex SweetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (sub-Saharan Africa)
- Myrsine myrtillina (Mez) JackesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Lord Howe Island)
- Myrsine naiuensis Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine nukuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine obovata (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine oliveri Allan (New Zealand)
- Myrsine orohenensis (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine pearcei (Mez) Pipoly (Peru)
- Myrsine perakensis King & GambleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Peninsular Malaysia)
- Myrsine platystigma F.Muell.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Lord Howe Island)
- Myrsine raiateensis (J.Moore) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine rapensis (F.Brown) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine reynelii Pipoly (Peru)
- Myrsine richmondensis Jackes (Australia)
- Myrsine rivularis (Mez) Pipoly (Peru)
- Myrsine ronuiensis (M.Grant) Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine salicina (Hook.f.) Heward ex Hook.f.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (New Zealand)
- Myrsine seychellarum (Mez) Ricketson & PipolyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Seychelles)
- Myrsine sodiroana (Mez) Pipoly (Ecuador)
- Myrsine striata (Mez) Ricketson & PipolyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (southwestern India)
- Myrsine tahuatensis Fosbert & Sachet (French Polynesia)
- Myrsine umbricola Heenan & de Lange (North Island of New Zealand)
- Myrsine variabilis R.Br. (eastern Australia)
References
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- ↑ Appelhans, M. S., Paetzold, C., Wood, K. R., & Wagner, W. L. (2020). RADseq resolves the phylogeny of Hawaiian Myrsine (Primulaceae) and provides evidence for hybridization. Journal of Systematics and Evolution.[1]
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- Ngā Tipu Aotearoa – Most recent taxonomy (only of NZ species).
- Flora of New Zealand.