Octamyrtus

Octamyrtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Octamyrtus
Trudgen

Octamyrtus is a group of plantss in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922.[1][2] It is native to New Guinea and to the nearby Indonesian Province of Maluku.[3][4]

Species
  1. Octamyrtus arfakensis Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - West New Guinea
  2. Octamyrtus behrmannii Diels - New Guinea
  3. Octamyrtus glomerata Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White - New Guinea
  4. Octamyrtus halmaherensis Craven & Sunarti - Halmahera
  5. Octamyrtus insignis Diels - New Guinea
  6. Octamyrtus pleiopetala Diels - New Guinea, Aru Islands

References

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  1. ↑ Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1922. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57: 373-376 descriptions in Latin, commentary and geographic information in German
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Octamyrtus Diels
  3. ↑ 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.
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