Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Myrtaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Neomyrtus Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 493 (1941)
Type Taxon:
Neomyrtus vitis-idaea (Raoul) Burret = Neomyrtus pedunculata (Hook.f.) Allan
 Description

Receptacle not produced beyond ovary; fls 5-merous; sepals persistent; petals much > sepals, not clawed. Stamens ∞; anthers basifixed, longitudinally dehiscent; stigma hardly thickened. Gynaecium unilocular, hardly septate; ovules in 2 marginal series. Seed subreniform, testa hard, smooth; radicle elongate. Shrub with opp. gland-dotted lvs; fls axillary, solitary. Endemic to N.Z.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Neomyrtus Burret
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Burret, M. 1941: Myrtaceen-studien 21. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15: 474–550.
Heenan, P.B.; Schönberger, I. 2022: Typification and publication dates of the basionyms of Neomyrtus pedunculata (Hook.f.) Allan and its synonym Neomyrtus vitis-idaea (Raoul) Burret. New Zealand Journal of Botany 60(3): 314–318. (Published online: 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2021.1976223))
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.