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The genus Myrtus is in the family Myrtaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Myrtus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Myrtus acuminata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus aemulans Schltr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus aequalis Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus aeruginosa Griseb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus alata Zipp. ex Span.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus anguillensis Urb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus angustifolia Parodi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus berlandiereana O.Berg	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus bracteifolia Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus capensis Burm.f.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus chinensis Lour.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus communis L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Myrtus conferta Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus corynantha Kiaersk.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus disperma Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus emarginata Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus engleriana Schltr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus fasciculata Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus fulva Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus hypericifolia Salisb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus kuma Barnéoud	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus laevis Thunb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus longifolia Kunth	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus mapirensis Rusby	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus megapotamica Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus micarensis Urb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus moana Urb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus montevidensis Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus neocaledonica Nied.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus nivelii Batt. & Trab.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus nobilis Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus oligoneura Korth. ex Blume	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus oreogena Schltr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus ovalifolia Cambess.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus parviflora Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus parvifolius O. Berg	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Myrtus pavonii Poepp. ex O.Berg	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus pendula Blume	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus philippiana O. Berg	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Myrtus phyllireaefolia (A. Rich.) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Myrtus pilosus O. Berg	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Myrtus platyphyllus Burret	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Myrtus pulchella Regel	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus racemosa Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus ramiflora Vahl	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus reticulata Kunze ex C.Gay	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus sarandi Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus scabra Arruda	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus suaveolens Parodi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus tijucana Glaz.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Myrtus tomentosus Glaz.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Myrtus trifida Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus triflora Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus tweediei Cockerell	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Myrtus umbellata Desv. ex Ham.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus vestita Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus villosa Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus virletii E. Fourn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Myrtus vulcani Korth.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Myrtus yapacani Kuntze	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 104 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Myrtus. Of these 3 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 25 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Myrtus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 104 species names for the genus Myrtus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	3	2.9%
◕	Synonym	44	42.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	57	54.8%

All names

The status of the 129 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Myrtus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	3.1%
◕	Synonym	68	52.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	57	44.2%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 104 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Myrtus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	2	36	0	0	38	36.5%
	Medium confidence	1	0	0	0	1	1.0%
	Low confidence	0	8	0	57	65	62.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Myrtus is as follows: