Micromyrtus

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: Chamelaucieae
Genus: Micromyrtus
Species: M. acuta – M. albicans – M. arenicola – M. barbata – M. blakelyi – M. capricornia – M. carinata – M. chrysodema – M. ciliata – M. clavata – M. collina – M. delicata – M. elobata – M. erichsenii – M. fimbrisepala – M. flaviflora – M. forsteri – M. gracilis – M. grandis – M. greeniana – M. helmsii – M. hexamera – M. hymenonema – M. imbricata – M. leptocalyx – M. littoralis – M. minutiflora – M. monotaxis – M. mucronulata – M. navicularis – M. ninghanensis – M. obovata – M. papillosa – M. patula – M. placoides – M. prochytes – M. racemosa – M. redita – M. rogeri – M. rotundifolia – M. rubricalyx – M. serrulata – M. sessilis – M. stenocalyx – M. striata – M. sulphurea – M. triptycha – M. trudgenii – M. uniovula – M. vernicosa
Name

Micromyrtus Benth., in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 1: 700 (1865)

Type species: Non designatus

References

Bentham, G. 1865. Genera Plantarum 1: 700.
Micromyrtus in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2018. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 30.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Micromyrtus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Micromyrtus. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 30 2018.
Rye, B. 2006. A partial revision of the south-western Australian species of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 16(1): 117-147.
Tropicos.org 2018. Micromyrtus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 30.

Micromyrtus is a genus of shrubs, in the family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1865.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Australia.[3][4]
Species

The following is a list of species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at March 2020:[5]

Micromyrtus acuta Rye
Micromyrtus albicans A.R.Bean
Micromyrtus arenicola Rye
Micromyrtus barbata J.W.Green
Micromyrtus blakelyi J.W.Green
Micromyrtus capricornia A.R.Bean
Micromyrtus carinata A.R. Bean
Micromyrtus chrysodema Rye
Micromyrtus ciliata (Sm.) Druce - fringed heath-myrtle
Micromyrtus clavata J.W.Green ex Rye
Micromyrtus collina Rye
Micromyrtus delicata A.R.Bean
Micromyrtus elobata (F.Muell.) Benth.
Micromyrtus elobata (F.Muell.) Benth. subsp. elobata
Micromyrtus elobata subsp. scopula Rye
Micromyrtus erichsenii Hemsl.
Micromyrtus fimbrisepala J.W.Green
Micromyrtus flaviflora (F.Muell.) J.M.Black
Micromyrtus forsteri A.R.Bean
Micromyrtus gracilis A.R.Bean
Micromyrtus grandis J.T.Hunter
Micromyrtus greeniana Rye
Micromyrtus helmsii (F.Muell. & Tate) J.W.Green
Micromyrtus hexamera (Maiden & Betche) Maiden & Betche
Micromyrtus hymenonema (F.Muell.) C.A.Gardner
Micromyrtus imbricata Benth.
Micromyrtus leptocalyx (F.Muell.) Benth.
Micromyrtus littoralis A.R.Bean
Micromyrtus minutiflora Benth.
Micromyrtus monotaxis Rye
Micromyrtus mucronulata Rye
Micromyrtus navicularis Rye
Micromyrtus ninghanensis Rye
Micromyrtus obovata (Turcz.) J.W.Green
Micromyrtus papillosa J.W.Green ex Rye
Micromyrtus patula A.R.Bean
Micromyrtus placoides Rye
Micromyrtus prochytes Rye
Micromyrtus racemosa Benth.
Micromyrtus redita Rye
Micromyrtus rogeri J.W.Green ex Rye
Micromyrtus rotundifolia A.R.Bean
Micromyrtus rubicalyx Rye
Micromyrtus serrulata J.W.Green
Micromyrtus sessilis J.W.Green
Micromyrtus stenocalyx (F.Muell.) J.W.Green
Micromyrtus striata J.W.Green
Micromyrtus sulphurea W.Fitzg.
Micromyrtus triptycha Rye
Micromyrtus trudgenii Rye
Micromyrtus uniovulum Rye
Micromyrtus vernicosa A.R.Bean

References

Bentham, George. 1865. Genera Plantarum 1: 700 in Latin
Tropicos, Micromyrtus Benth.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

"Micromyrtus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra: Micromyrtus
PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online (PlantNET): Genus Micromyrtus
Australian Native Plants Society (Australia): Micromyrtus blakelyi