Mitranthes

Mitranthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Mitranthes
O.Berg

Mitranthes is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1856.[1][2] It is native to Cuba and Jamaica in the West Indies.[3][4][5]

Species[3]
  1. Mitranthes clarendonensis (Proctor) Proctor - Jamaica
  2. Mitranthes glabra Proctor - Jamaica
  3. Mitranthes macrophylla Proctor - Jamaica
  4. Mitranthes maxonii (Britton & Urb.) Proctor - Jamaica
  5. Mitranthes nivea Proctor - Jamaica
  6. Mitranthes ottonis O.Berg - W + C Cuba
  7. Mitranthes urbaniana Burret - Jamaica

References

  1. ↑ Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 136, 316 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Mitranthes O.Berg
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.


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