Myrceugenia is a genus of evergreen woody flowering trees and shrubs belonging to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1855.[2][4] 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.[5]

Myrceugenia
Myrceugenia leptospermoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Subfamily:	Myrtoideae
Tribe:	Myrteae
Genus:	Myrceugenia O.Berg
Type species
Myrceugenia myrtoides O.Berg[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Nothomyrcia Kausel

Two species are endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean west of the Chilean coast.[3] Myrceugenia fernandeziana is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island and M. schulzei to Alejandro Selkirk Island, where they are prominent trees in the lowland and lower montane forests of the islands.

Accepted species[3]

References

External links

• Media related to Myrceugenia at Wikimedia Commons
• Myrceugenia en Enciclopedia de la flora Chilena
• Pictures and information of Myrceugenia colchaguensis, Myrceugenia correifolia, Myrceugenia lanceolata, Myrceugenia leptospermoides, Myrceugenia obtusa and Myrceugenia rufa

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