Calyptrogenia

Calyptrogenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calyptrogenia
Burret
Type species
Calyptrogenia ekmanii
(Urb.) Burret

Calyptrogenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1941.[1][2] It is native to two islands in the West Indies: Jamaica and Hispaniola.[3][4][5]


Species[3]
  1. Calyptrogenia biflora Alain - Sierra Prieta in Dominican Republic
  2. Calyptrogenia bracteosa (Urb.) Burret - Massif de la Hotte in Haiti
  3. Calyptrogenia cuspidata Alain - southwestern Dominican Republic
  4. Calyptrogenia ekmanii (Urb.) Burret - Massif de la Hotte in Haiti, northeastern Jamaica
  5. Calyptrogenia grandiflora Burret - Haiti, Dominican Republic
  6. Calyptrogenia jeremiensis (Urb. & Ekman) Burret - Massif de la Hotte in Haiti, northwestern Jamaica
formerly included[3]

moved to other genera: Myrceugenia Neomitranthes

  1. Calyptrogenia hatschbachii - Myrceugenia gertii - southern Brazil
  2. Calyptrogenia riedeliana - Neomitranthes riedeliana - southern Brazil

References

  1. ↑ Burret, (Maximilian) Karl Ewald. 1941. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15: 541, 545
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Calyptrogenia Burret
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Peguero, B., Jiménez, F. & Mejía, M. (2005). Distribución del Género Calyptrogenia Burret (Myrtaceae) en la Española. Moscosoa 14: 72-82.
  5. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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