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Cape Myrtle subfamily
Myrsinoideae
Myrsinaceae, or the myrsine family, was formerly recognized as a rather large family from the order Ericales, consisting of 35 genera and about 1000 species. It is a widespread family found in temperate to tropical climates extending north to Europe, Siberia, Japan, Mexico, and Florida, and south to New Zealand, South America, and South Africa.
39 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Loosestrifes
genusLysimachia
Cyclamen
genusCyclamen
marlberry
genusArdisia
Colicwood
genusMyrsine
Cape Beeches
genusRapanea
Aegiceras
genusAegiceras
Embelias
genusEmbelia
Coris
genusCoris
Parathesis
genusParathesis
Cybianthus
genusCybianthus
Tapeinosperma
genusTapeinosperma
Oncostemum
genusOncostemum
Heberdenia
genusHeberdenia
Geissanthus
genusGeissanthus
Labisia
genusLabisia
Wallenia
genusWallenia
Stimpsonia
genusStimpsonia
Elingamita
genusElingamita
Stylogyne
genusStylogyne
Pleiomeris
genusPleiomeris
Badula
genusBadula
Discocalyx
genusDiscocalyx
Hymenandra
genusHymenandra
Monoporus
genusMonoporus
Ardisiandra
genusArdisiandra
Emblemantha
genusEmblemantha
Mangenotiella
genusMangenotiella
Amblyanthopsis
genusAmblyanthopsis
Loheria
genusLoheria
Solonia
genusSolonia
Fittingia
genusFittingia
Conandrium
genusConandrium
Ctenardisia
genusCtenardisia
Antistrophe
genusAntistrophe
Sadiria
genusSadiria
Systellantha
genusSystellantha
Amblyanthus
genusAmblyanthus
Paralysimachia
genusParalysimachia
Vegaea
genusVegaea
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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Every page naming Myrsinoideae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 791932.