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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

304.0000 Family Myrtaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 322 (1789), nom. cons.
134 genera, ca. 6400 spp. Phylogenies: Maurin et al. 2021, Wilson et al. 2022
Species listed in database: 6296; hybrids: 101
= Baeckeaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prir. Rostlin: 233 (1820)
= Chamelauciaceae DC. ex F.Rudolphi; Syst. Orb. Veg.: 55 (1830)
= Eugeniaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prir. Rostlin 2: 378 (1820)
= Heteropyxidaceae Engl. & Gilg; Engl., Syllabus, ed. 8: 281 (1920), nom. cons.
= Kaniaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku (Ord. Fam. Trib. Nov.): 245 (1943)
= Leptospermaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prir. Rostlin 2: 378 (1825)
= Melaleucaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot.: 268, 286 (1818)
= Myrrhiniaceae Arn.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 154 (1839)
= Psiloxylaceae Croizat; Principia Bot.: 604, 1161, 1164 (1960)
304.3954 Genus Myrtus L.; Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753)
Distribution: Europe, North Africa
Species listed in database: 2
species :
Myrtus communis L.; Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753)
subspecies :
subsp. communis
Name: Myrte (DE); Mirto (ES); Myrtle (EN)
Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Monaco; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria [c]; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Malta; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Greece (incl. Kiklades); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], La Gomera [I]); Ethiopia; Eritrea; South Africa [I] (Cape Prov. [I]); East Aegaean Isl. (incl. Rhodos); Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, N-Iran, S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel (Rift Valley, N-Israel); China [I]; Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Waziristan, Kurram, Dir, Peshawar, Swat, Pakistani Punjab); India [c]; Bangladesh [I]; Fiji [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Martinique [I]; Barbados [I]; Colombia [I]
12 BAL COR FRA MCO POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MLT MNT NMA PEL ptl SIC SLV SRB 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN 21 AZO cny mdr 24 ERI ETH 27 saf 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR LEB SYR TUR 36 chi 40 ban ind PAK 60 fij 80 cos 81 bbd mar 82 clm
Synonyms: hidden
= Myrtus acuta Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: no. 3 (1768)
= Myrtus acutifolia (L.) Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 14 (1929)
= Myrtus angustifolia Raf.; Sylva Tellur.: 105 (1838), nom. illeg.
= Myrtus augustini Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 16 (1929)
= Myrtus aurantiifolia Grimwood; Cat. Greenhouse Pl. (Grimwood): 25 (1783), nom. superfl.
= Myrtus baetica (L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. 8: 4 (1768)
= Myrtus baetica var. vidalii Sennen & Teodoro; Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.) 1928: no. 6479 (1928)
= Myrtus baui Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 13 (1929)
= Myrtus belgica (L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. 8: 2 (1768)
= Myrtus borbonis Sennen; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s. 70: 63 (1924), et Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon,1926-27, n. s. 73: 10 (1928)
= Myrtus briquetii (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 12 (1929)
= Myrtus christinae (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 15 (1929)
= Myrtus communis f. baetica (L.) Cout.; Fl. Portugal: 422 (1913)
= Myrtus communis f. belgica (L.) Cout.; Fl. Portugal: 422 (1913)
= Myrtus communis f. lusitanica (L.) Cout.; Fl. Portugal: 422 (1913)
= Myrtus communis f. tarentinus (L.) Cout.; Fl. Portugal: 422 (1913)
= Myrtus communis subsp. baetica (L.) Casares & Tito; Bol. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Secc. Biol. 110: 74 (2016)
= Myrtus communis subsp. lusitanica (L.) Arcang.; Comp. Fl. Ital.: 258 (1882)
= Myrtus communis subsp. mucronata Pers.; Syn. Pl. 2: 30 (1806)
= Myrtus communis var. acuminata Rouy & E.G.Camus; Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 155 (1901), nom. superfl.
= Myrtus communis var. acutifolia L.; Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753)
= Myrtus communis var. adrianii Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 88 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. angustifolia L.; Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753)
= Myrtus communis var. baetica L.; Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753)
= Myrtus communis var. balearica Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 17 (1929)
= Myrtus communis var. belgica L.; Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753)
= Myrtus communis var. bercialis Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 89 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. camboanus Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 90 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. christinae Sennen & Teodoro; Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.): 6480 (1928)
= Myrtus communis var. eugeniae Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 90 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. eusebii Sennen & Teodoro; Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.): 6478 (1928)
= Myrtus communis var. foucaudii Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 17 (1929)
= Myrtus communis var. gallachi Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 89 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. gausseni Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 90 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. gervasii Sennen & Teodoro; Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.): 6759 (1928)
= Myrtus communis var. gibertii Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 88 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. grandifolia Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 17 (1929)
= Myrtus communis var. italica L.; Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 673 (1762)
= Myrtus communis var. joussetii Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 17 (1929)
= Myrtus communis var. latifolia Willk.; Willk. & Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 191 (1874)
= Myrtus communis var. leucocarpa DC.; Prodr. 3: 239 (1828)
= Myrtus communis var. lusitanica L.; Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 674 (1762)
= Myrtus communis var. macrocarpa Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 89 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. melanocarpa DC.; Prodr. 3: 239 (1828)
= Myrtus communis var. microphylla Willk.; Willk. & Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 191 (1874)
= Myrtus communis var. morawieskiana Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 90 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. mucronata L.; Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753)
= Myrtus communis var. neapolitana Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 17 (1929)
= Myrtus communis var. rodesii Sennen & Malag.; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 1929: 8 (1929)
= Myrtus communis var. romana L.; Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753)
= Myrtus communis var. soleri Sennen; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 2 (1932)
= Myrtus communis var. theodori Sennen & Malag.; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 1929: 8 (1929)
= Myrtus eusebii (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 11 (1929)
= Myrtus gervasii (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 12 (1929)
= Myrtus italica (L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: no. 5 (1768)
= Myrtus italica var. briquetii Sennen & Teodoro; Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.) 1928: no. 6350 (1928)
= Myrtus italica var. petri-ludovici Sennen & Teodoro; Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.) 1928: no. 6482 (1928)
= Myrtus josephi Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 14 (1929)
= Myrtus lanceolata Raf.; Sylva Tellur.: 105 (1838), nom. illeg.
= Myrtus latifolia Raf.; Sylva Tellur.: 104 (1838), nom. illeg.
= Myrtus littoralis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 353 (1796)
= Myrtus macrophylla J.St.-Hil.; H. L. Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., ed. 2, 1: 208 (1803)
= Myrtus major Garsault; Fig. Pl. Anim. Med, t. 396 (1764), Descr. Pl. Anim.238 (1767), Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. II. 8: 901
= Myrtus media Hoffmanns.; Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 82 (1824)
= Myrtus microphylla J.St.-Hil.; H. L. Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., ed. 2, 1: 207 (1803)
= Myrtus minima Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: no. 7 (1768)
= Myrtus minor Garsault; Fig. Pl. Anim. Med, t. 396 (1764), Descr. Pl. Anim. 237 (1767), Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. II. 8: 901
= Myrtus mirifolia Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendr. France, 13 (1929)
= Myrtus mucronata Pers.; Syn. Pl. 2: 30 (1806)
= Myrtus oerstedeana O.Berg; Linnaea 27: 405 (1856)
= Myrtus petri-ludovici (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 15 (1929)
= Myrtus rodesi Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendr. France, 14 (1929)
= Myrtus romana (L.) Hoffmanns.; Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 82 (1824)
= Myrtus romanifolia J.St.-Hil.; Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 1: 207 (1803)
= Myrtus sparsifolia O.Berg; Linnaea 27: 402 (1856)
= Myrtus theodori Sennen; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 16 (1929)
= Myrtus veneris Bubani; Fl. Pyren. 2: 639 (1899), non Gaudin (1864), fossil name.
= Myrtus vidalii (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 68: 15 (1929)
subspecies :
subsp. tarentina (L.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur.: 245 (1879)
Distribution: France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Croatia; Greece; etc.
12 COR FRA SAR 13 CRO GRC ITA
Synonyms: hidden
= Myrtus buxifolia Grimwood; Cat. Greenhouse Pl. (Grimwood): 25 (1783), nom. superfl.
= Myrtus communis var. tarentina L.; Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753)
= Myrtus tarentina (L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. 8: Myrtus n 6., Bertol. Fl. It. 5: 120 (1768)
species :
Myrtus nivellei Batt. & Trab.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 58: 671 (1911 publ. 1912)
subspecies :
subsp. nivellei
Distribution: S-Algeria (C-Sahara, Hoggar, Tassili n´Ajjer)
20 ALG
subspecies :
subsp. tibesticus Quézel; Miss. Bot. Tibesti: 155 (1958)
Distribution: N-Chad (Tibesti)
24 CHA
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