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|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=Calif.;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in s South America.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 30 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Myoporum</i> species have been introduced for ground cover or hedges in coastal or low rainfall regions of many countries, especially M. insulare R. Brown, <i>M. laetum</i>, 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 <i>Myoporum</i> species used in landscaping (L. A. Mound and D. C. Morris 2007). The leaves and fruits of <i>M. laetum</i> and other <i>Myoporum</i> 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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name=Myoporum
|author=Robert E. Preston
|authority=Solander ex G. Forster
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Calif.;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
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|genus=Myoporum
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