Myrrhinium

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Myrrhinium
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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
Synonyms [1]
  • FelicianeaCambess.
  • TetrastemonHook. & Arn.
  • Felicianea rubrifloraCambess.
  • Myrrhinium octandrum(Benth.) Mattos
  • Tetrastemon loranthoidesHook. & Arn.
  • Myrrhinium peruvianumO.Berg
  • Myrrhinium rubriflorumO.Berg
  • Myrrhinium sarcopetalumLem.
  • Myrrhinium lanceolatumBurret
  • Myrrhinium loranthoides(Hook. & Arn.) Burret

Myrrhinium is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1827. [2] [3] It contains only one recognized species, Myrrhinium atropurpureum, native to South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S + SE Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina). [1]

Varieties [1]
  1. Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. atropurpureum – SE Brazil
  2. Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. octandrumBenth. – (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina

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