Characteristics
Dicots
Myrcia zuzygium (L.)A.R.Lourenço & E.Lucas
MYRTLE-OF-THE-RIVER
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Burton et al. (2021, 2022) treated this as a variety of M. chytraculia.
Native
Endangered-State
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Citation
MYRCIA ZUZYGIUM (L.) A. R. Lourenço & E. Lucas, Phytotaxa 373(1): 83. 2018.
Myrtus zuzygium Linnaeus 1759.
JAMAICA: Without data, Browne s.n. (lectotype: LINN 637.13). Lectotypified by B. K. Holst, in C. E. Jarvis, Order Out of Chaos 689. 2007.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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Miami-Dade
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Synonyms
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Calyptranthes chytraculia var. ovalis
Calyptranthes chytraculia (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. ovalis O. Berg, Linnaea 27: 27. 1855 ("1854").
TYPE: VIRGIN ISLANDS:
Calyptranthes chytraculia var. trichotoma
Calyptranthes chytraculia (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. trichotoma O. Berg, Linnaea 27: 27. 1855 ("1854").
TYPE: HAITI
Calyptranthes chytraculia var. zuzygium
Calyptranthes chytraculia (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. zuzygium (Linnaeus) O. Berg, Linnaea 27: 28. 1855 ("1854").
BASIONYM: Myrtus zuzygium Linnaeus 1759.
Calyptranthes zuzygium
Calyptranthes zuzygium (Linnaeus) Swartz, Prodr. 79. 1788.
BASIONYM: Myrtus zuzygium Linnaeus 1759.
Chytraculia chytraculia var. ovalis
Chytraculia chytraculia (Linnaeus) Sudworth, var. ovalis (O. Berg) Sudworth, U.S.D.A. Div. Forest. Bull. 14: 305. 1897.
BASIONYM: Calyptranthes chytraculia (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. ovalis O. Berg 1855.
Chytraculia chytraculia var. trichotoma
Chytraculia chytraculia (Linnaeus) Sudworth, var. trichotoma (O. Berg) Sudworth, U.S.D.A. Div. Forest. Bull. 14: 305. 1897.
BASIONYM: Calyptranthes chytraculia (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. trichotoma O. Berg 1855.
Chytraculia chytraculia var. zuzygium
Chytraculia chytraculia (Linnaeus) Sudworth, var. zuzygium (Linnaeus) Sudworth, U.S.D.A. Div. Forest. Bull. 14: 305. 1897.
BASIONYM: Myrtus zuzygium Linnaeus 1759.
Chytraculia zuzygium
Chytraculia zuzygium (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 238. 1891.
BASIONYM: Myrtus zuzygium Linnaeus 1759.
Myrcia chytraculia var. zuzygium
Myrcia chytraculia (Linnaeus) A. R. Lourenço & E. Lucas, var. zuzygium (Linnaeus) G. P. Burton & E. Lucas, Syst. Bot. 46: 1023. 2021.
BASIONYM: Myrtus zuzygium Linnaeus 1753.
Myrtus dichotoma
Myrtus dichotoma Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 354. 1796, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Myrtus zuzygium Linnaeus 1759.
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