Blepharocalyx

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Blepharocalyx gigantea Horco Molle.jpg

|image_caption = Blepharocalyx gigantea

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Blepharocalyx

|authority = O.Berg

|type_species = Blepharocalyx acuminatissimus (syn of B. salicifolius)[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=22380 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Blepharocalyx acuminatissimus (Miq.) O.Berg]

|type_species_authority =( Miq.) O.Berglectotype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 138 (1956)

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Heteromyrtus Blume, illegitimate nam

• Temu O.Berg
• Marlieriopsis Kiaersk.

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Blepharocalyx is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1854.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/114321#page/352/mode/1up Berg, Otto Karl. 1854. Linnaea 27: 348, 412-415] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40028231 Tropicos, Blepharocalyx O.Berg] It is native to South America and the West Indies.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=22379 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Blepharocalyx]Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroLandrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 45: 1–178.Landrum, L. R. & M. L. Kawasaki. 1997. The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49(4): 508–536.McVaugh, R. 1989. Myrtaceae. In: Dicotyledoneae - Part 2. Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands 5: 463–532.

;Accepted species

1. Blepharocalyx cruckshanksii (Hook. & Arn.) Nied. - Chile
2. Blepharocalyx eggersii (Kiaerskou) L.R.Landrum - Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Brazil
3. Blepharocalyx myriophyllus Mattos - Minas Gerais
4. Blepharocalyx salicifolius (Kunth.) O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina