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Myrtaceae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Juss. (1789). In: Gen. Pl.: 322, Nom. Cons.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Myrtales
family
Myrtaceae

Name

Synonyms
Baeckeaceae
Chamelauciaceae
Eugeniaceae
Heteropyxidaceae
Kaniaceae
Leptospermaceae
Melaleucaceae
Myrrhiniaceae
Psiloxylaceae
Homonyms
Myrtaceae
Common names
Chizo in language.
Mirtacee in Italian
Mirtiniai in Lithuanian
Mirtowate in Polish
Mirtáceas in Portuguese
Myrtacées in French
Myrtacées in French
Myrtacées in French
Myrte-familien in Danish
Myrtengewächse in language.
Myrtengewächse in language.
Myrthengewächse in German
Myrtle Family in English
Myrtles in English
mersingiller in Turkish
mirtuszfélék in Hungarian
myrtacées in French
myrtacées in French
myrtefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
myrtenväxter in Swedish
myrtle family in English
myrtle family in English
myrtle family in language.
myrtles in English
myrtovité in Czech
myrttikasvit in Finnish
mürdilised in Estonian
Μυρτοειδή in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Миртовые in Russian
Миртові in Ukrainian
ชมพู่ ลาเวนเดอร์ทรี ฯลฯ in Thai
フトモモ科 in Japanese
桃金孃科 in Chinese
myrtefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
myrtefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
myrtenväxter in Swedish
フトモモ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(2): 105-121. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2026) Plants of the World Online
  5. Chase, Christenhusz, Fay, Byng, Judd, Soltis, Mabberley, Sennikov, Soltis & Stevens (2016) An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV
  6. Gen. Pl.: 322. 4 Aug 1789.
  7. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  8. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  9. Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html.
  10. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria & The Australian National Herbarium (2026) International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
  11. Tomlinson, 1986
  12. de Jussieu (1789) Genera plantarum
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