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Myrtus (commonly called myrtle) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. It was first described by Swedish botanist Linnaeus in 1753. [2] Over 600 names have been proposed in the genus, but nearly all have either been moved to other genera or been regarded as synonyms. The genus Myrtus has three species recognised today: [5]
Myrtus communis, the common myrtle or true myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It is an evergreen shrub native to southern Europe, North Africa , Western Asia , Macaronesia , and the Indian Subcontinent , and also cultivated .
Myrtus, myrtle, genus native to Europe and north Africa Myrtus communis, common, European, or true myrtle, cultivated worldwide; Myrtus nivellei, Saharan myrtle; Luma apiculata, Chilean myrtle; Ugni molinae, Strawberry myrtle, native to Chile
Pimenta dioica. Myrtaceae (/ m ə r ˈ t eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group.
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa is an evergreen shrub growing up to 4 m (12 feet) tall. The leaves are opposite, leathery, 5–7 cm long and 2–3.5 cm broad, three-veined from the base, oval, obtuse to sharp pointed at the tip, glossy green above, densely grey or rarely yellowish-hairy beneath, with a wide petiole and an entire margin.
Austromyrtus dulcis is a small spreading shrub; 1 to 2 m (3 ft 3 in to 6 ft 7 in) in height. The leaves are 1–3 cm long and 0.5 cm wide, opposite, lanceolate to elliptical, glossy above with silky hairs beneath.
Myrtus australis (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) Spreng. Syzygium australe , with many common names that include brush cherry , [ 1 ] scrub cherry , [ 1 ] creek lilly-pilly , [ 1 ] creek satinash , [ 1 ] and watergum , [ 1 ] is a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia .
Melaleuca leucadendra was first formally described in 1762 by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum as Myrtus leucadendra. [5] [6] Linnaeus used a description of the species written by Georg Eberhard Rumphius in 1741, before the modern system of classification was devised by Linnaeus. Rumphius had described a plant growing in what is now Indonesia.