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Cape Myrtle subfamily
Myrsinoideae
Myrsinoideae is a subfamily of the family Primulaceae in the order Ericales. It was formerly recognized as the family Myrsinaceae, or the myrsine family, consisting of 35 genera and about 1000 species. It is widespread in temperate to tropical climates extending north to Europe, Siberia, Japan, Mexico, and Florida, and south to New Zealand, South America, and South Africa.
Plants are mostly mesophytic trees and shrubs; a few are lianas or subherbaceous. Their leathery, evergreen leaves are simple and alternate, with smooth margins and without stipules. They are often dotted with glands and resinous cavities. The latter may take the form of secretory lines.
39 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Loosestrifes
genusLysimachia
Cyclamen
genusCyclamen
marlberry
genusArdisia
Colicwood
genusMyrsine
Cape Beeches
genusRapanea
Aegiceras
genusAegiceras
Embelias
genusEmbelia
Coris
genusCoris
Parathesis
genusParathesis
Cybianthus
genusCybianthus
Tapeinosperma
genusTapeinosperma
Oncostemum
genusOncostemum
Heberdenia
genusHeberdenia
Geissanthus
genusGeissanthus
Labisia
genusLabisia
Wallenia
genusWallenia
Stimpsonia
genusStimpsonia
Elingamita
genusElingamita
Stylogyne
genusStylogyne
Pleiomeris
genusPleiomeris
Badula
genusBadula
Discocalyx
genusDiscocalyx
Hymenandra
genusHymenandra
Monoporus
genusMonoporus
Ardisiandra
genusArdisiandra
Emblemantha
genusEmblemantha
Mangenotiella
genusMangenotiella
Amblyanthopsis
genusAmblyanthopsis
Loheria
genusLoheria
Solonia
genusSolonia
Fittingia
genusFittingia
Conandrium
genusConandrium
Ctenardisia
genusCtenardisia
Antistrophe
genusAntistrophe
Sadiria
genusSadiria
Systellantha
genusSystellantha
Amblyanthus
genusAmblyanthus
Paralysimachia
genusParalysimachia
Vegaea
genusVegaea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 791932.