Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200
Parent taxon: Myrtaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Acmena, Agonis, Aldwickia, Austromyrtus, Baeckea, Callistemonites, Callistemonoxylon, Callistemophyllum, Calyptranthes, Calytrix, Corymbia, Eucalyptophyllum, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Eugeniaites, Leptospermatoxylon, Leptospermites, Leptospermocarpum, Leptospermum, Lithomyrtus, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Myrceugenellites, Myrceugenia, Myrcia, Myrciophyllum, Myrtaciphyllum, Myrtifolium, Myrtinae, Myrtiphyllum, Myrtoidoxylon, Myrtomiophyton, Myrtonium, Myrtophyllum, Myrtospermum, Myrtoxylon, Palaeorhodomyrtus, Psidium, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Syncarpites, Syzygioxylon, Syzygium, Tristania, Tristaniandra, Tristanites
Subtaxa: Myrtus androsaemoides Myrtus brasiliana Myrtus caryophyllata Myrtus communis Myrtus cumini Myrtus oregonensis Myrtus pimento Myrtus zeylanica
Type: Myrtus communis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Poland (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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