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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Myoporum
|accepted_authority=Solander ex G. Forster
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Ins. Austr.,
|place=44. 1786
|year=1786
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Myoporum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Myoporum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek myo, to shut, and poros, hole, alluding to transparent spots on leaves closed with pellucid substance
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 324, 325, 336
|treatment_page=page 335
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees; stolons absent. <b>Stems</b> ascending to prostrate, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, cauline, alternate, rarely opposite, with embedded, translucent glands; stipules absent; petiole present [absent]; blade fleshy or not, leathery or not, margins entire or serrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, in clusters [flowers solitary]; bracts absent. <b>Pedicels</b> present; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; sepals 5, calyx radially or bilaterally symmetric, campanulate, lobes oblong; petals 5, corolla white [pale purple], spotted with purple [orange-brown to yellow or unspotted], radially or bilaterally symmetric, campanulate, abaxial lobes 3, adaxial 2, lobes glabrous [pubescent] abaxially, variously pubescent adaxially; stamens 4–8, adnate to corolla, equal, filaments hairy [glabrous], staminode 0; ovary [2–]4[–6]-locular, placentation apical; stigma capitate or 2–5-lobed. <b>Fruits</b> drupelike capsules, ovoid to globular, fleshy [dry]. <b>Seeds</b> 1–4, white to pale brown, ovoid to oblong or ellipsoid, wings absent. <b>x</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|distribution=California;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in s South America.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 30 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Myoporum species have been introduced for ground cover or hedges in coastal or low rainfall regions of many countries, especially M. insulare R. Brown, M. laetum, and M. montanum R. Brown. The gall-inducing thrip Klambothrips myopori, native to Australia, has recently been introduced to California and is causing substantial damage to Myoporum species used in landscaping (L. A. Mound and D. C. Morris 2007). The leaves and fruits of M. laetum and other Myoporum species are toxic to livestock; they contain ngaione, a furanoid sesquiterpene that causes photosensitization and liver damage (G. S. Richmond and E. L. Ghisalberti 1995; K. Parton and A. N. Bruere 2002).</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Shrubs, prostrate; leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate, 2–4 cm; capsules white to pale brown.
|[[Myoporum parvifolium|Myoporum parvifolium]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Shrubs or trees, broadly spreading; leaf blades narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 5–14 cm; capsules pale to dark reddish purple.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades lanceolate, margins finely serrate distal to middle, glands conspicuous; flowers 2–4 per axil; anthers well exserted from tube; ovaries smooth.
|[[Myoporum laetum|Myoporum laetum]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades narrowly elliptic, tapering proximally and distally, margins entire, glands inconspicuous; flowers 6–8 per axil; anthers slightly exserted from tube; ovaries rugose.
|[[Myoporum acuminatum|Myoporum acuminatum]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Myoporum
|author=Robert E. Preston
|authority=Solander ex G. Forster
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|distribution=California;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in s South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Ins. Austr.,
|publication year=1786
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_27.xml
|genus=Myoporum
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