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Myrrhinium

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

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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Myrrhinium, and connects out to Myrtaceae, Brazil and Argentina.

It is catalogued under topics including Flora of Southern America, Monotypic Myrtaceae genera and Myrtaceae.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMyrtales
  5. FamilyMyrtaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
With media
9
Family
Myrtaceae
Collections
UNIVILLE, MNHN, PUC-RS, UFPR, UNB, UFSC
Recorded in
Brasil, Cuba

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Myrteae
Image
Arbusto Palo de Fierro.JPG
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Myrrhinium
topic's main category
Category:Myrrhinium
Commons category
Myrrhinium
has fruit type
berry
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Myrrhinium is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1827. It contains only one recognized species, Myrrhinium atropurpureum, native to South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S + SE Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina). Varieties Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. atropurpureum – SE Brazil Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. octandrum Benth. – (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myrrhinium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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