Myrceugenia

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][3] The genus is native to South America from central Brazil to southern Chile.^[4] 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]

Myrceugenia schulzei is endemic to Alejandro Selkirk Island in the Juan Fernández Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean west of the Chilean coast.^[4] Nothomyrcia fernandeziana, which is endemic to nearby Robinson Crusoe Island, was formerly placed in Myrceugenia but is now considered the sole species of genus Northomyrcia.^[6] Both are prominent trees in the lowland and lower montane forests of the islands.

Species

46 species are currently accepted.^[7]

• Myrceugenia acutiflora (Kiaersk.) D.Legrand & Kausel – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia alpigena (DC.) Landrum – Brazil
• Myrceugenia bananalensis Bezerra & Landrum – Brasilia D.F.
• Myrceugenia basicordata F.C.S.Vieira, Molz & Sobral – Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia bocaiuvensis Mattos – Paraná
• Myrceugenia bracteosa (DC.) D.Legrand & Kausel – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia brevipedicellata (Burret) D.Legrand & Kausel – Minas Gerais, São Paulo
• Myrceugenia × bridgesii (Hook. & Arn.) O.Berg – central Chile
• Myrceugenia camargoana Mattos – Rio Grande do Sul
• Myrceugenia campestris (DC.) D.Legrand & Kausel – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia chrysocarpa (O.Berg) Kausel – S. Chile, S. Argentina
• Myrceugenia colchaguensis (Phil.) L.E.Navas – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia correifolia (Hook. & Arn.) O.Berg – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia cucullata D.Legrand – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia decussata Mattos – São Paulo
• Myrceugenia × diemii Kausel – C. Chile, S. Argentina
• Myrceugenia euosma (O.Berg) D.Legrand – S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Misiones
• Myrceugenia exsucca (DC.) O.Berg – C. – S. Chile, S. Argentina
• Myrceugenia foveolata (O.Berg) Sobral – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia franciscensis (O.Berg) Landrum – São Paulo, Paraná
• Myrceugenia gertii Landrum – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia glaucescens (Cambess.) D.Legrand & Kausel – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
• Myrceugenia hamoniana (Mattos) Sobral – Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia hatschbachii Landrum – Paraná
• Myrceugenia hoehnei (Burret) D.Legrand & Kausel – São Paulo, Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia joinvillensis F.C.S.Vieira – Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia kleinii D.Legrand & Kausel – São Paulo, Santa Catarina
• Myrceugenia lanceolata (Juss. ex J.St.-Hil.) Kausel – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia leptospermoides (DC.) Kausel – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia mesomischa (Burret) D.Legrand & Kausel – Rio Grande do Sul
• Myrceugenia miersiana (Gardner) D.Legrand & Kausel – S. + E. Brazil
• Myrceugenia myrcioides (Cambess.) O.Berg – S. + E. Brazil
• Myrceugenia myrtoides O.Berg – S. Brazil, Uruguay
• Myrceugenia obtusa (DC.) O.Berg – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia ovalifolia (O.Berg) Landrum – São Paulo, Paraná
• Myrceugenia ovata (Hook. & Arn.) O.Berg – S. + SE Brazil, S. Argentina, C. + S. Chile
• Myrceugenia oxysepala (Burret) D.Legrand & Kausel – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia parvifolia (DC.) Kausel – central and southern Chile
• Myrceugenia pilotantha (Kiaersk.) Landrum – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia pinifolia (Reiche) Kausel – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia planipes (Hook. & Arn.) O.Berg – S. Chile, Neuquén
• Myrceugenia reitzii D.Legrand & Kausel – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia rufa (Colla) Skottsb. – C. Chile
• Myrceugenia rufescens (Colla) Skottsb. – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia schulzei Johow – Alejandro Selkirk Island
• Myrceugenia scutellata C.D.Legrand – S. Brazil
• Myrceugenia seriatoramosa (Kiaersk.) D.Legrand & Kausel – SE Brazil
• Myrceugenia venosa D.Legrand – Santa Catarina