Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Luma A.Gray
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luma apiculata (DC.) Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 523 (1941)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Eugenia apiculata DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3, 276 (1828)
  • ≡ Myrceugenia apiculata (DC) Nied. (1893)
Vernacular Name(s):
arrayán; Chilean myrtle; Cinnamon myrtle; Orange-Bark myrtle
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Burret, M. 1941: Myrtaceen-studien 21. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15: 474–550.
de Candolle, A.P. 1828: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 3. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.
Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J.; Cameron, E.K.; Ogle, C.C.; Champion, P.D. 2004: Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes naturalised or casual in New Zealand: additional records 2001–2003. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42: 797–814.
Miller, E. 2019: Luma present – where is Amomyrtus? Resolving the confusion in New Zealand. New Zealand Garden Journal 22(1): 10–13.