Neomitranthes

Neomitranthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Subfamily:	Myrtoideae
Tribe:	Myrteae
Genus:	Neomitranthes D.Legrand
Type species
Neomitranthes glomerata (D.Legrand) D.Legrand

Neomitranthes is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1977.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.[3][4]

Species[3]

1. Neomitranthes amblymitra - Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
2. Neomitranthes capivariensis - São Paulo
3. Neomitranthes cordifolia - Rio Grande do Sul
4. Neomitranthes gemballae - Paraná, Santa Catarina
5. Neomitranthes glomerata - Paraná, São Paulo, Santa Catarina
6. Neomitranthes gracilis - São Paulo
7. Neomitranthes langsdorfii - NE Brazil
8. Neomitranthes obscura - C + SE + S Brazil
9. Neomitranthes obtusa - Espírito Santo
10. Neomitranthes pedicellata - São Paulo
11. Neomitranthes pereireana - Rio de Janeiro
12. Neomitranthes regeliana - São Paulo
13. Neomitranthes riedeliana - SE Brazil
14. Neomitranthes stictophylla - Espírito Santo
15. Neomitranthes warmingiana - Paraná, São Paulo

Formerly included[3]

moved to other genera: Blepharocalyx Calyptrogenia Myrceugenia

1. Neomitranthes castellanosii - Blepharocalyx eggersii - Lesser Antilles, Guyana, Venezuela, Peru, N Brazil
2. Neomitranthes ekmanii - Calyptrogenia grandiflora - Hispaniola
3. Neomitranthes hatschbachii - Myrceugenia gertii - S Brazil
4. Neomitranthes maria-emiliae - Myrceugenia ovalifolia - Paraná, São Paulo

References

1. Legrand, Carlos Maria Diego Enrique. 1977. Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 1: 671
2. Tropicos, Neomitranthes D. Legrand
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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.