Myrcianthes

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

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|image = Myrcianthes leucoxyla leaves.JPG

|image_caption = Myrcianthes leucoxyla

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|taxon = Myrcianthes

|authority = O.Berg

|synonyms = *Acreugenia Kausel

• Anamomis Griseb.
• Aspidogenia Burret
• Reichea Kausel
• Reicheia Kausel
• Pseudomyrcianthes Kausel

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Myrcianthes is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1856.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/114288#page/319/mode/1up Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(3): 315] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024277 Tropicos, Myrcianthes O. Berg ] They are native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=131717 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]