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Myrtastrum
Sign in to saveMyrtastrum is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1941. It contains only one known species, Myrtastrum rufopunctatum, endemic to New Caledonia. It is a phylogenetically isolated genus within the tribe Myrteae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMyrtaceae
Native toNew Caledonia
Observations38
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 219
- With media
- 211
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Collections
- BPBM, MO, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, New Caledonia Group
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Myrtastrum is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1941. It contains only one known species, Myrtastrum rufopunctatum, endemic to New Caledonia. It is a phylogenetically isolated genus within the tribe Myrteae.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myrtastrum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.