myrtles, evening primroses, and allies
Myrtales
The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants, in the malvid clade of the rosid group of dicotyledons. Well-known members of Myrtales include: myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, eucalyptus, crape myrtles, henna tree, pomegranate, water caltrop, loosestrifes, cupheas (cigar plants), evening primroses, fuchsias, willowherbs, white mangrove, leadwood tree, African birch, Koster's curse, and velvet tree.
9 branches of this order, most-observed first
evening primrose family
familyOnagraceae
myrtle family
familyMyrtaceae
lythrum family
familyLythraceae
Melastomes
familyMelastomataceae
bushwillow family
familyCombretaceae
brickleaf family
familyPenaeaceae
vochysia family
familyVochysiaceae
crypteronia family
familyCrypteroniaceae
alzatea family
familyAlzateaceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 47791.