View source for Myrtus ← Myrtus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Myrtus |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 471. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Myrtle |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Myrtaceae;Myrtus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrtaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Myrtus]]</div></div> |etymology=Classical name for a species of myrtle |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub pubescence;shrub pubescence;tree pubescence;tree pubescence;hair architecture;hair coloration"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, usually glabrous or glabrate, hairs simple, whitish.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>usually opposite or whorled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade architecture;blade prominence">blade venation brochidodromous, obscure.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>1-flowered, axillary, flowers solitary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>5-merous, pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="hypanthium shape">hypanthium obconic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="calyx lobe duration;tear life cycle;tear fusion;tear size">calyx lobes persisting after anthesis, distinct, small tears sometimes forming between lobes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal coloration">petals whitish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 100–200;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;septum architecture">ovary 2-locular or 3-locular, septum often incomplete centrally to apically;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="placenta arrangement;placenta prominence;placenta shape">placenta axile, not protruding, - to -shaped;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovule quantity;ovule architecture or arrangement">ovules 22–34 per locule, 2-seriate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruits berry coloration;fruits berry shape"><b>Fruits </b>berries, bluish purple (pulp whitish), subglobose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed shape;seed architecture"><b>Seeds </b>8–20, somewhat flattened, -shaped to coiled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="outer; seed-coat rim texture;outer; seed-coat rim reflectance;central portion pubescence or texture">outer rim of seed-coat hard and shiny, central portion often soft, external portion a few cells thick, not notably dense, easily broken;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="cell quantity;cell width;cell density;cell condition or fragility;cell shape;cell shape">embryo -shaped, cylindrical;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">cotyledons linear, ca. 1/2 as long as embryo.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="cotyledon arrangement or course or shape;cotyledon quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s Europe;n Africa |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 1 or 2 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Myrtus |author=Leslie R. Landrum |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Myrtaceae |distribution=s Europe;n Africa |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Myrtus |blade architecture=brochidodromous |blade prominence=obscure |calyx lobe duration=persisting |cell condition or fragility=broken |cell density=dense |cell quantity=few |cell shape=cylindrical;embryo--shaped |cell width=thick |central portion pubescence or texture=soft |cotyledon arrangement or course or shape=linear |cotyledon quantity=1/2 |flower architecture=pedicellate;5-merous |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |fruits berry coloration=bluish purple |fruits berry shape=subglobose |hair architecture=simple |hair coloration=whitish |hypanthium shape=obconic |inflorescence architecture=1-flowered |inflorescence position=axillary |leaf arrangement=whorled;opposite |outer; seed-coat rim reflectance=shiny |outer; seed-coat rim texture=hard |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular;2-locular |ovule architecture or arrangement=2-seriate |ovule quantity=22;34 |petal coloration=whitish |placenta arrangement=axile |placenta prominence=not protruding |seed architecture=coiled |seed quantity=8;20 |seed shape=,--shaped;flattened |septum architecture=incomplete |shrub pubescence=glabrate;glabrous |stamen quantity=100;200 |tear fusion=distinct |tear life cycle=anthesis |tear size=small |tree pubescence=glabrate;glabrous |x chromosome quantity=11 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Myrtaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Myrtaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Myrtus.