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Myrtella
Sign in to saveMyrtella is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1877. It is native to New Guinea and to some islands of the western Pacific.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMyrtaceae
General: Myrtella has been collected from a variety of habitats
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Collections
- RSA, MEL, BRIT, A
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia
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Myrtella is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1877. It is native to New Guinea and to some islands of the western Pacific. Accepted species Myrtella beccarii F.Muell. – New Guinea, Solomon Islands Myrtella bennigseniana (Volkens) Diels – New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands Formerly included now classified in other genera: Kania, Lithomyrtus, Uromyrtus Myrtella cordata – Lithomyrtus cordata Myrtella hirsutula – Kania hirsutula Myrtella microphylla – Lithomyrtus microphylla Myrtella obtusa – Lithomyrtus obtusa Myrtella phebalioides – Lithomyrtus retusa Myrtella retusa – Lithomyrtus retusa Myrtella rostrata – Uromyrtus rostrata
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myrtella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.