Rhodomyrtus

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
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: Decasperminae
Genus: Rhodomyrtus
Species: R. effusa – R. elegans – R. guymeriana – R. kaweaensis – R. lanata – R. locellata – R. longisepala – R. macrocarpa – R. mengenensis – R. misimana – R. montana – R. obovata – R. pervagata – R. pinnatinervis – R. psidioides – R. salomonensis – R. sericea – R. surigaoensis – R. takeuchii – R. tomentosa – R. trineura – R. verecunda

Source(s) of checklist:
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Rhodomyrtus. Published online. Accessed: June 17 2024.

Name

Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Rchb., 1841.

• Typus: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (W.Aiton) Wight

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cynomyrtus Scriv., J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 6: 253. 1916.
  • Psidiomyrtus Guillaumin in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 4: 696 (1932)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Is. Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland Introduced into: Florida, Hawaii, Society Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1841. Der deutsche Botaniker. Erster Band. Das Herbarienbuch. Erklärung des natürlichen Pflanzensystems, systematische Aufzählung, Synonymik und Register der bis jetzt bekannten Pflanzengattungen. 240 pp. Dresden & Leipzig: Arnoldische Buchhandlung. BHL Reference page. : 177.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A., Sobral, M., Ashton, P.S., Barrie, F.R., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.R., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C.E.B., Soares-Silva, L.H., Wilson, P.G. & Lucas, E. 2008. World Checklist of Myrtaceae. 455 pp. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-391-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Rhodomyrtus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Rhodomyrtus. Published online. Accessed: June 17 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Rhodomyrtus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Rhodomyrtus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 June 2024.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Rhodomyrtus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Dec 29.

Vernacular names

مصرى: رودوميرتوس
русский: Родомирт
中文: 桃金娘属

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