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Rhodomyrtus
Rhodomyrtus is a group of shrubs and trees in the family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1841 and native to southern China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and Australia.
Its greatest levels of diversity are in New Guinea and northeastern Australia. Snow et al. confirmed in 2008 that the genus is polyphyletic, i.e. it includes taxa that do not have a common predecessor, and they recommended more detailed DNA studies to determine if and how it should be split into two or more smaller monophyletic genera.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rose Myrtle
speciesRhodomyrtus tomentosa
Native Guava
speciesRhodomyrtus psidioides
Ironwood
speciesRhodomyrtus trineura
Rhodomyrtus pervagata
speciesRhodomyrtus pervagata
finger cherry
speciesRhodomyrtus macrocarpa
Rhodomyrtus effusa
speciesRhodomyrtus effusa
Rhodomyrtus sericea
speciesRhodomyrtus sericea
Rhodomyrtus locellata
speciesRhodomyrtus locellata
Rhodomyrtus surigaoensis
speciesRhodomyrtus surigaoensis
Rhodomyrtus salomonensis
speciesRhodomyrtus salomonensis
Rhodomyrtus guymeriana
speciesRhodomyrtus guymeriana
Rhodomyrtus longisepala
speciesRhodomyrtus longisepala
Rhodomyrtus misimana
speciesRhodomyrtus misimana
Rhodomyrtus lanata
speciesRhodomyrtus lanata
Rhodomyrtus pinnatinervis
speciesRhodomyrtus pinnatinervis
Rhodomyrtus montana
speciesRhodomyrtus montana
Rhodomyrtus kaweaensis
speciesRhodomyrtus kaweaensis
Rhodomyrtus mengenensis
speciesRhodomyrtus mengenensis
Rhodomyrtus obovata
speciesRhodomyrtus obovata
Rhodomyrtus takeuchii
speciesRhodomyrtus takeuchii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132699.