Myrtoideae
Myrtaceae or the myrtle family is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pohutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All species are woody, with essential oils, and flower parts in multiples of four or five. The leaves are evergreen, alternate to mostly opposite, simple, and usually with an entire (not toothed) margin. The flowers have a base number of five...
16 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
gum trees
tribeEucalypteae
Myrteae
tribeMyrteae
Melaleuceae
tribeMelaleuceae
Leptospermeae
tribeLeptospermeae
Syzygieae
tribeSyzygieae
Chamelaucieae
tribeChamelaucieae
Metrosidereae
tribeMetrosidereae
Lophostemoneae
tribeLophostemoneae
Xanthostemoneae
tribeXanthostemoneae
Kanieae
tribeKanieae
Backhousieae
tribeBackhousieae
Syncarpieae
tribeSyncarpieae
Osbornieae
tribeOsbornieae
Tristanieae
tribeTristanieae
Cloezia
genusCloezia
Lindsayomyrteae
tribeLindsayomyrteae
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 468848.