Myricanthe

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Myricanthe

|parent_authority = Airy Shaw

|species = discolor

|authority = Airy Shaw

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|synonyms = Myricanthe discolor var. viridis Airy Shaw

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Myricanthe is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1980.Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1980. Kew Bulletin 35: 390[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50257045 Tropicos, Myricanthe Airy Shaw ] It has only one known species, Myricanthe discolor, endemic to New Caledonia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=131911 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]