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Myrsine

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Myrsine alyxifolia5.jpg

|image_caption = Myrsine alyxifolia

|taxon = Myrsine

|authority = L. (1753)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 282; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:27339-1 Myrsine L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

|synonyms =

  • Anamtia {{small|Koidz. (1923)}}
  • Athruphyllum {{small|Lour. (1790)}}
  • Caballeria {{small|Ruiz & Pav. (1794)}}
  • Duhamelia {{small|Dombey ex Lam. (1783)}}
  • Fialaris {{small|Raf. (1838)}}
  • Heurlinia {{small|Raf. (1838)}}
  • Hunsteinia {{small|Lauterb. (1918)}}
  • Manglilla {{small|Juss. (1789)}}
  • Merista {{small|Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn. (1839)}}
  • Pilogyne {{small|Gagnep. (1948), nom. illeg.}}
  • Plotia {{small|Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 226 (1763)}}
  • Rapanea {{small|Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane: 121 (1775)}}
  • Scleroxylum {{small|Willd. (1809)}}
  • Suttonia {{small|A.Rich. (1832)}}

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}}

Myrsine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Myrsinaceae before this was merged into the Primulaceae.{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }} It is found nearly worldwide, primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. It contains over 280 species, including several notable radiations, such as the matipo of New Zealand and the kōlea of Hawai{{okina}}i (the New Zealand "black matipo", Pittosporum tenuifolium, is not related to Myrsine). In the United States, members of this genus are known as colicwood. Some species, especially M. africana, are grown as ornamental shrubs.

The leathery, evergreen leaves are simple and alternate, with smooth or toothed margins and without stipules. The one-seeded, indehiscent fruit is a thin-fleshed globose drupe. The flowers and fruits often do not develop until after leaf fall and thus appear naked on the branches. The fruits often do not mature until the year after flowering. The calyx is persistent.

The Pacific basin and New World species formerly separated in the genera Rapanea and Suttonia (distinguished from the African and Southeast Asian Myrsine sensu stricto by having the style absent and staminal tube and filaments completely adnate to the corolla) are now generally included in Myrsine.{{cite book|year=1999|title=Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii|location=Honolulu|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|page=934|author1=Wagner, W. L. |author2=D. R. Herbst |author3=S. H. Sohmer |name-list-style=amp }}

Species

{{main|List of Myrsine species}}

282 species are currently accepted.

=Hawaiian species=

Hawaiian native species include:Appelhans, M. S., Paetzold, C., Wood, K. R., & Wagner, W. L. (2020). RADseq resolves the phylogeny of Hawaiian Myrsine (Primulaceae) and provides evidence for hybridization. Journal of Systematics and Evolution.[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jse.12668]

=Other selected species=

References

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  • [http://nzflora.landcareresearch.co.nz/default.aspx?selected=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=6616B018-473E-4B09-82B2-CF18E7E640CD Ngā Tipu Aotearoa] – Most recent taxonomy (only of NZ species).
  • [http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/taxon.aspx?id=_1928e390-214c-434d-b664-847b3227250a Flora of New Zealand].

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Category:Primulaceae genera

Category:Pantropical flora