For the ground cover known as "creeping myrtle" in the United States, see Vinca minor.
Myrtus Myrtle
Myrtus communis
Myrtle (M. communis)[3]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Myrteae
Genus:
Myrtus L.
Type species
Myrtus communis
L.[1][2]
Species
Myrtus communis L.
Myrtus nivellei Batt. & Trab.
Synonyms[4]
Myrthus Scop.
Myrtus communis – MHNT
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 – Common myrtle; native to the Mediterranean region in southern Europe
Myrtus nivellei – Saharan myrtle; native to North Africa
Myrtus phyllireaefolia
^lectotype designated by A.P. de Candolle, Note Myrt. 7 (1826)
^ abTropicos, Myrtus L.
^1885 illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
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