View source for Myrtus ← Myrtus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Myrtus |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 471. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Myrtle |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Myrtaceae;Myrtus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrtaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Myrtus]]</div></div> |etymology=Classical name for a species of myrtle |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, usually glabrous or glabrate, hairs simple, whitish. <b>Leaves</b> usually opposite or whorled; blade venation brochidodromous, obscure. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1-flowered, axillary, flowers solitary. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous, pedicellate; hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes persisting after anthesis, distinct, small tears sometimes forming between lobes; petals whitish; stamens 100–200; ovary 2- or 3-locular, septum often incomplete centrally to apically; placenta axile, not protruding, <i>V</i>- to <i>O</i>-shaped; ovules 22–34 per locule, 2-seriate. <b>Fruits</b> berries, bluish purple (pulp whitish), subglobose. <b>Seeds</b> 8–20, somewhat flattened, <i>C</i>-shaped to coiled; outer rim of seed coat hard and shiny, central portion often soft, external portion a few cells thick, not notably dense, easily broken; embryo <i>C</i>-shaped, cylindrical; cotyledons linear, ca. 1/2 as long as embryo. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s Europe;n Africa. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 1 or 2 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Myrtus |author=Leslie R. Landrum |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Myrtaceae |distribution=s Europe;n Africa. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml=https://xjsachs2@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/e39f0e846f172941159b2045254d62d10d9823f6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V10/V10_746.xml |genus=Myrtus }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Myrtaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Myrtaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Myrtus.