Calyptrogenia

Calyptrogenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1941.[1][2] It is native to two islands in the West Indies: Jamaica and Hispaniola.[3][4][5]

Species[3]

1. Calyptrogenia biflora Alain - Sierra Prieta in Dominican Republic
2. Calyptrogenia bracteosa (Urb.) Burret - Massif de la Hotte in Haiti
3. Calyptrogenia cuspidata Alain - southwestern Dominican Republic
4. Calyptrogenia ekmanii (Urb.) Burret - Massif de la Hotte in Haiti, northeastern Jamaica
5. Calyptrogenia grandiflora Burret - Haiti, Dominican Republic
6. Calyptrogenia jeremiensis (Urb. & Ekman) Burret - Massif de la Hotte in Haiti, northwestern Jamaica

Formerly included[3]

Calyptrogenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Subfamily:	Myrtoideae
Tribe:	Myrteae
Genus:	Calyptrogenia Burret
Type species
Calyptrogenia ekmanii (Urb.) Burret

moved to other genera: Myrceugenia Neomitranthes

1. Calyptrogenia hatschbachii - Myrceugenia gertii - southern Brazil
2. Calyptrogenia riedeliana - Neomitranthes riedeliana - southern Brazil

References

1. Burret, (Maximilian) Karl Ewald. 1941. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15: 541, 545
2. Tropicos, Calyptrogenia Burret
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Peguero, B., Jiménez, F. & Mejía, M. (2005). Distribución del Género Calyptrogenia Burret (Myrtaceae) en la Española. Moscosoa 14: 72-82.
5. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.