Myrcianthes fragrans / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Characteristics

Classification

Dicots

Family

MYRTACEAE

Genus

Myrcianthes

Species

Myrcianthes fragrans (Sw.)McVaugh

Common Name

TWINBERRY; SIMPSON'S STOPPER

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

An endemic taxon has been recognized, as variety simpsonii by Long (1970), which has larger flowers and inflorescences often with 7-14 flowers. In a revision of the genus, it was considered a synonym of M. fragrans, while an informal M. dugandii group of completely glabrous plants with inflorescences of 7-14 flowers in Colombia and Venezuela was noted (Grifo 1992).

Status

Native Threatened-State

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