Myrrhinium

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
Subtribus: Pimentinae
Genus: Myrrhinium
Species: M. atropurpureum
Name
Myrrhinium Schott in K.P.J.Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 4(2): 404 (1827).

Myrrhinium is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1827.[2][3] It contains only one recognized species, Myrrhinium atropurpureum, native to South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S + SE Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina).[1]

Varieties[1]

Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. atropurpureum - SE Brazil
Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. octandrum Benth. - (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 4(2): 404–405 in Latin
Tropicos, Myrrhinium Schott