Meteoromyrtus

Meteoromyrtus is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1918.[3][4] It contains only one known species, the critically endangered Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis, native to Theerthundamalai of Kannur district in the state of Kerala in India.[1][2][5][6]

Meteoromyrtus
Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Meteoromyrtus
Gamble
Species:
M. wynaadensis
Binomial name
Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis
(Beddome) Gamble
Synonyms[2]
  • Eugenia wynaadensis Bedd.

References
  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T31195A9607544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31195A9607544.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Gamble, James Sykes. 1918. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1918: 241 description in Latin, commentary in English
  4. Tropicos, Meteoromyrtus Gamble
  5. 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.
  6. "Rare, Endangered and threatened species". Kerala Forest Department. Retrieved 15 October 2014. (Cannanore/Kannur district is in Kerala and not Tamil Nadu as stated by the IUCN et al. This site lists Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis as being found in Kerala.)


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