Xanthomyrtus

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Xanthomyrtus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Tristanieae
Genus: Xanthomyrtus
Diels

Xanthomyrtus is a group of shrubs and trees in the botanical family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922. [1] [2] It is found in Borneo, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and New Caledonia. [3] [4]

They are mostly montane shrubs or trees, sometimes epiphytic. Flowers are yellow, usually 5-merous, in 3-flowered, axillary and terminal peduncles. [5] The fruit is a reddish, dark blue or black berry. [6]

species [3]
  1. Xanthomyrtus angustifolia - Sulawesi, New Guinea
  2. Xanthomyrtus arfakensis - W New Guinea
  3. Xanthomyrtus bryophila - W New Guinea
  4. Xanthomyrtus cardiophylla - W New Guinea
  5. Xanthomyrtus compacta - New Guinea, Maluku
  6. Xanthomyrtus diplycosiifolia - Philippines, Maluku
  7. Xanthomyrtus flavida - Sulawesi, Borneo
  8. Xanthomyrtus grandiflora - W New Guinea
  9. Xanthomyrtus humilis - New Guinea
  10. Xanthomyrtus kanalaensis - New Caledonia
  11. Xanthomyrtus koebrensis - W New Guinea
  12. Xanthomyrtus lanceolata - New Guinea
  13. Xanthomyrtus leeuwenii - New Guinea
  14. Xanthomyrtus montis-sucklingii - Papua New Guinea
  15. Xanthomyrtus montivaga - New Guinea
  16. Xanthomyrtus oreophila - W New Guinea
  17. Xanthomyrtus ovata - New Guinea
  18. Xanthomyrtus papuana - New Guinea
  19. Xanthomyrtus polyclada - New Guinea
  20. Xanthomyrtus schlechteri - New Guinea, Bismarck
  21. Xanthomyrtus scolopacina - New Guinea
  22. Xanthomyrtus splendens - Papua New Guinea

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  2. Ochrosia acuminataTrimen ex Valeton - Sulawesi
  3. Ochrosia alyxioidesGuillaumin - Vanuatu
  4. Ochrosia apoensisElmer - Luzon, Mindanao
  5. Ochrosia balansae(Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin - New Caledonia
  6. Ochrosia basistaminaHendrian - Sulawesi
  7. Ochrosia bodenheimarumGuillaumin - Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia
  8. Ochrosia borbonicaJ.F.Gmel. – Mauritius + Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong
  9. Ochrosia brevitubaBoiteau - New Caledonia
  10. Ochrosia brownii(Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud - Nuku Hiva in Marquesas
  11. Ochrosia citrodoraK.Schum. & Lauterb. - New Guinea
  12. Ochrosia coccinea(Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong
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  14. Ochrosia ellipticaLabill. – Lord Howe Island, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan
  15. Ochrosia fatuhivensisFosberg & Sachet – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct
  16. Ochrosia ficifolia(S.Moore) Markgr. - New Guinea
  17. Ochrosia glomerata(Blume) F.Muell. - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
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  19. Ochrosia haleakalaeH.St.John, Hōlei – Maui + island of Hawaiʻi in Hawaiian Islands
  20. Ochrosia hexandraKoidz. - Kazan-retto
  21. Ochrosia inventorumL.Allorge – New Caledonia
  22. Ochrosia iwasakiana(Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam.
  23. Ochrosia kauaiensisH.St.John, Hōlei – Kauaʻi in Hawaiian Islands
  24. †Ochrosia kilaueaensisH.St.John, Hōlei – island of Hawaiʻi in Hawaiian Islands, but extinct
  25. Ochrosia kilneriF.Muell. - Queensland
  26. Ochrosia lifuanaGuillaumin - Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
  27. Ochrosia mariannensisA.DC. - Mariana Islands
  28. Ochrosia mianaBaill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
  29. Ochrosia minima(Markgr.) Fosberg & Boiteau – Queensland, Papua New Guinea
  30. Ochrosia moorei(F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – Queensland, New South Wales
  31. Ochrosia mulsantiiMontrouz. – New Caledonia
  32. Ochrosia nakaiana(Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara - Ogasawara-shoto
  33. Ochrosia newellianaF.M.Bailey – Queensland
  34. Ochrosia novocaledonicaDäniker – New Caledonia
  35. Ochrosia oppositifolia(Lam.) K.Schum. - Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Indonesia, Papuasia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, Line Islands, Micronesia
  36. Ochrosia poweriF.M.Bailey - Queensland, New South Wales
  37. Ochrosia sciadophyllaMarkgr - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
  38. Ochrosia sevenetiiBoiteau - New Guinea
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  42. Ochrosia tahitensisLaness. ex Pichon – Tahiti
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Octamyrtus is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922. It is native to New Guinea and to the nearby Indonesian Province of Maluku.

  1. Octamyrtus arfakensisKaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - West New Guinea
  2. Octamyrtus behrmanniiDiels - New Guinea
  3. Octamyrtus glomerataKaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - New Guinea
  4. Octamyrtus halmaherensisCraven & Sunarti - Halmahera
  5. Octamyrtus insignisDiels - New Guinea
  6. Octamyrtus pleiopetalaDiels - New Guinea, Aru Islands

References

  1. ↑ Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1922. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57: 362-367 descriptions in Latin, comments and geographic information in German
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Xanthomyrtus Diels
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ↑ Scott, A.J. (1979). "A Revision of Xanthomyrtus (Myrtaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 33 (3): 461–484.
  6. ↑ Beaman, J.H. & Anderson, C. (2004). The Plants of Mount Kinabalu 5: 1-609. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
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