Blepharocalyx

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Myrteae
Genus: Blepharocalyx
Species: B. acuminatissimus – B. cruckshanksii – B. myriophyllus – B. salicifolius – B. tweediei
- not complete
Name

Blepharocalyx O.Berg, Linnaea 27: 348. Jan 1856.
References

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Oct 01 [1].

Blepharocalyx is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1854.[5][3] It is native to South America and the West Indies.[4][6][7][8][9][10]

Accepted species[4]

Blepharocalyx cruckshanksii (Hook. & Arn.) Nied. - Chile
Blepharocalyx eggersii (Kiaerskou) L.R.Landrum - Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Brazil
Blepharocalyx myriophyllus Mattos - Minas Gerais
Blepharocalyx salicifolius (Kunth.) O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Blepharocalyx acuminatissimus (Miq.) O.Berg
lectotype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 138 (1956)
Tropicos, Blepharocalyx O.Berg
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Blepharocalyx
Berg, Otto Karl. 1854. Linnaea 27: 348, 412-415 in Latin
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.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 45: 1–178.
Landrum, L. R. & M. L. Kawasaki. 1997. The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49(4): 508–536.
McVaugh, R. 1989. Myrtaceae. In: Dicotyledoneae - Part 2. Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands 5: 463–532.