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Nomenclature: wfo-0000248712

Myrtus communis L. Sp. Pl. : 471 (1753)

Nomenclatural References

• literature : Sp. Pl. 1: 471. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
• person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
• database : IPNI record: 599719-1
• database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-132410
• database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: kew-132410

Taxonomy: Accepted in 2023-12 classification

Placement: Code > Plantae Haeckel > Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown > Angiosperms > Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl > Myrtaceae Juss. > Myrtus Tourn. ex L. > Myrtus communis L.

Subtaxa

• Myrtus communis subsp. communis
• Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina (L.) Nyman

Synonyms

• Myrtus augustinii Sennen & Malag.
• Myrtus communis subsp. mucronata Pers.
• Myrtus communis var. italica (Mill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
• Myrtus communis var. lusitanica Rouy
• Myrtus communis var. communis
• Myrtus communis var. balearicus Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. adrianii Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. baui (Sennen & Malag.) Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. bercialis Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. camboanus Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. eugeniae Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. gallachi Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. gausseni Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. gibertii Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. jonssetii Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. latifolia Willk.
• Myrtus communis var. macrocarpa Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. melanocarpa DC.
• Myrtus communis var. microphylla Willk.
• Myrtus communis var. morawieskiana Sennen
• Myrtus communis var. rodesii Sennen & Malag.
• Myrtus communis var. soleri Sennen
• Myrtus communis f. tarentinus (L.) Cout.
• Myrtus communis var. theodori Sennen & Malag.
• Myrtus communis f. baetica (L.) Cout.
• Myrtus communis f. belgica (L.) Cout.
• Myrtus communis subsp. lusitanica (L.) Arcang.
• Myrtus communis f. lusitanica (L.) Cout.

Facets

Life Form: Tree (1); Shrub (1).

Countries (ISO): Afghanistan [AF] (1); Albania [AL] (1); Algeria [DZ] (1); Cuba [CU] (1); Cyprus [CY] (1); Eritrea [ER] (1); Ethiopia [ET] (1); France [FR] (1); Greece [GR] (3); India [IN] (1); Iran (Islamic Republic of) [IR] (1); Iraq [IQ] (1); Italy [IT] (1); Libya [LY] (1); Pakistan [PK] (1); Portugal [PT] (3); Puerto Rico [PR] (1); South Africa [ZA] (1); Spain [ES] (2); Tunisia [TN] (1); Türkiye [TR] (1); United States of America (the) [US] (3); Yemen [YE] (1).

IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern (1).

Taxonomic References

• database : POWO record for urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:599719-1 Govaerts R (ed.). 2023. WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants [Version 11]. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [WWW document] URL http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ [accessed 20 April 2023].