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Myrrhinium

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Myrrhinium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Myrrhinium
Schott
Species:
M. atropurpureum
Binomial name
Myrrhinium atropurpureum
Schott
Synonyms[1]
  • Felicianea Cambess.
  • Tetrastemon Hook. & Arn.
  • Felicianea rubriflora Cambess.
  • Myrrhinium octandrum (Benth.) Mattos
  • Tetrastemon loranthoides Hook. & Arn.
  • Myrrhinium peruvianum O.Berg
  • Myrrhinium rubriflorum O.Berg
  • Myrrhinium sarcopetalum Lem.
  • Myrrhinium lanceolatum Burret
  • Myrrhinium loranthoides (Hook. & Arn.) Burret

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

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