Myrrhinium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
Tribe: | Myrteae |
Genus: | Myrrhinium Schott |
Species: | M. atropurpureum |
Binomial name | |
Myrrhinium atropurpureum Schott | |
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Myrrhinium is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1827. It contains only one recognized species, Myrrhinium atropurpureum, native to South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S + SE Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina).
- Varieties
- Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. atropurpureum - SE Brazil
- Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. octandrum Benth. - (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 4(2): 404–405 in Latin
- Tropicos, Myrrhinium Schott
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