Flora Family / Myrtaceae

Group: 1 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - I - Dicotyledons
Group: 1 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - I - Dicotyledons Genera: 14 Species: 64
Including Genera
Angophora Corymbia Eucalyptus Eugenia Lophostemon Melaleuca Metrosideros Pimenta Plinia Psidium Rhodomyrtus Syncarpia Syzygium Xanthostemon
Key to Genera

Family Identification Features

Trees, treelets or shrubs. bark peeling, mottled, often colored. Stipules absent. Leaves Simple, opposite with clear intra-marginal veins, lamina with pellucid dots, smell of camphor when crushed, margins entire. Flowers bisexual with many stamens, ovary inferior or semi-inferior. Fruits mostly fleshy in the tropics.

Unique / Extra-ordinary Features

Syzygium - glabrous (completely free from hair, fur, or fuzz), no large or dominant petals. One seeded fruits. Eugenia - pubescent ( covered with short, soft, fine, and downy hairs) with large petals. Fruit having 2 or more seeds Rhodomyrtus - having ash color hairs, two intra-marginal veins. *introduced genera like Eucalyptus, Corymbia have alternate leaf arrangement and dry fruits.

Special Notes

Myrtaceae
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Related Species

Corymbia maculata (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
Corymbia maculata (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
Corymbia torelliana (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
Corymbia torelliana (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
Eucalyptus deglupta Blume
Eucalyptus deglupta Blume
Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill ex Maiden
Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill ex Maiden
Eucalyptus microcorys F.Muell.
Eucalyptus microcorys F.Muell.
Eugenia amoena Thwaites
Eugenia amoena Thwaites
Eugenia haeckeliana Trimen
Eugenia haeckeliana Trimen
Eugenia haputalense Kosterm.
Eugenia haputalense Kosterm.
Eugenia insignis Thwaites
Eugenia insignis Thwaites
Eugenia mooniana Wight
Eugenia mooniana Wight
Eugenia rheophytica Kosterm.
Eugenia rheophytica Kosterm.
Eugenia rivulorum Thwaites
Eugenia rivulorum Thwaites
Eugenia rotundata (Trimen) Trimen
Eugenia rotundata (Trimen) Trimen
Eugenia roxburghii DC.
Eugenia roxburghii DC.
Eugenia rufofulva Thwaites
Eugenia rufofulva Thwaites
Eugenia sp. (BS)
Eugenia sp. (BS)
Eugenia stipitata McVaugh
Eugenia stipitata McVaugh
Eugenia terpnophylla Thwaites
Eugenia terpnophylla Thwaites
Eugenia uniflora L.
Eugenia uniflora L.
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
Melaleuca bracteata F.Muell.
Melaleuca bracteata F.Muell.
Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.
Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L.
Melaleuca linearifolia (Link) Craven
Melaleuca linearifolia (Link) Craven
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes
Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes
Metrosideros fulgens Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros fulgens Sol. ex Gaertn.
Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.
Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.
Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel
Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel
Psidium cattleyanum Sabine
Psidium cattleyanum Sabine
Psidium guajava L.
Psidium guajava L.
Psidium guineense Sw.
Psidium guineense Sw.
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.
Syncarpia glomulifera (Sm.) Nied.
Syncarpia glomulifera (Sm.) Nied.
Syzygium alubo Kosterm.
Syzygium alubo Kosterm.
Syzygium amphoraecarpus Kosterm.
Syzygium amphoraecarpus Kosterm.
Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Syzygium assimile Thwaites
Syzygium assimile Thwaites
Syzygium aureum Jayasinghe
Syzygium aureum Jayasinghe
Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston
Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston
Syzygium cordifolium subsp. spissum P.S.Ashton
Syzygium cordifolium subsp. spissum P.S.Ashton
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
Syzygium cylindricum (Wight) Alston
Syzygium cylindricum (Wight) Alston
Syzygium fergusonii (Trimen) Gamble
Syzygium fergusonii (Trimen) Gamble
Syzygium gardneri Thwaites
Syzygium gardneri Thwaites
Syzygium grande (Wight) Walp.
Syzygium grande (Wight) Walp.
Syzygium hemachandrae Jayasinghe
Syzygium hemachandrae Jayasinghe
Syzygium hemisphericum (Wight) Alston
Syzygium hemisphericum (Wight) Alston
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Syzygium micranthum Thwaites
Syzygium micranthum Thwaites
Syzygium montis-adam Kosterm.
Syzygium montis-adam Kosterm.
Syzygium myrtifolium Walp.
Syzygium myrtifolium Walp.
Syzygium neesianum Arn.
Syzygium neesianum Arn.
Syzygium nervosum A.Cunn. ex DC.
Syzygium nervosum A.Cunn. ex DC.
Syzygium oliganthum Thwaites
Syzygium oliganthum Thwaites
Syzygium revolutum subsp. cyclophyllum (Alston) P.S.Ashton
Syzygium revolutum subsp. cyclophyllum (Alston) P.S.Ashton
Syzygium revolutum subsp. revolutum Walp.
Syzygium revolutum subsp. revolutum Walp.
Syzygium rotundifolium Arn.
Syzygium rotundifolium Arn.
Syzygium rubicundum Wight & Arn.
Syzygium rubicundum Wight & Arn.
Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry
Syzygium sclerophyllum Thwaites
Syzygium sclerophyllum Thwaites
Syzygium spathulatum Thwaites
Syzygium spathulatum Thwaites
Syzygium turbinatum Alston
Syzygium turbinatum Alston
Syzygium zeylanicum (L.) DC.
Syzygium zeylanicum (L.) DC.
Xanthostemon verticillatus (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) L.S.Sm.
Xanthostemon verticillatus (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) L.S.Sm.

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