Kanakomyrtus

Kanakomyrtus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Kanakomyrtus
N.Snow

Kanakomyrtus is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 2009.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[3] It is related to Archirhodomyrtus and Rhodomyrtus.[4]

Species[3]

  1. Kanakomyrtus dawsoniana N.Snow
  2. Kanakomyrtus longipetiolata N.Snow
  3. Kanakomyrtus mcphersonii N.Snow
  4. Kanakomyrtus myrtopsidoides (Guillaumin) N.Snow
  5. Kanakomyrtus prominens N.Snow
  6. Kanakomyrtus revoluta N.Snow

References

  1. ^ Snow, Neil Wilton. 2009. Systematic Botany 34(2): 330-340
  2. ^ Tropicos, Kanakomyrtus N. Snow
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Snow, N., J. McFadden, T. M. Evans, A. M. Salywon, M. F. Wojciechowski, and P. G. Wilson (2011). Morphological and Molecular Evidence of Polyphyly in Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae: Myrteae). Systematic Botany 36 (2): 390–404.