Calyptranthes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Calyptranthes
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Calyptranthes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Calyptranthes
Myrcia is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae, containing about 794 species as of 2025. They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Forests ecoregions. Myrcia was first described as a genus in 1827.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Calyptranthes bartlettii
- Calyptranthes calderonii
- Calyptranthes chiapensis
- Calyptranthes chytraculia
- Calyptranthes chytraculia americana
- Calyptranthes concinna
- Calyptranthes estremerae
- Calyptranthes hylobates
- Calyptranthes karlingii
- Calyptranthes kiaerskovii
- Calyptranthes lucida
- Calyptranthes nummularia
- Calyptranthes pallens
- Calyptranthes pendula
- Calyptranthes rubella
- Calyptranthes schiedeana
- Calyptranthes sintenisii
- Calyptranthes strigipes
- Calyptranthes venulosa
- Calyptranthes widgreniana
- Calyptranthes zuzygium














































































