Myrtaceae
This list of genera was made in April 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), de Lange et al. 2010, Edwards et al. 2010, Flickinger et al. 2020, Harrington et al. 2021, Lucas et al. 2019, Murillo et al. 2012, Nge et al. 2025, Rye & Wilson (2022), Rye et al. 2020, Snow et al. 2022 and Wilson & Heslewood (2016, 2023).
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Acca O.Berg | Orthostemon O.Berg | |
| Accara Landrum (prev. under Psidium L.) | ||
| Acrandra O.Berg | Campomanesia Ruiz & Pav. | |
| Actinodium S.Schauer ex Schltdl. | ||
| Aggreflorum Peter G.Wilson (prev. under Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Agonis (DC.) Sweet, ) | ||
| Agonis (DC.) Sweet | ||
| Algrizea Proença & NicLugh. | ||
| Aluta Rye & Trudgen (prev. under Thryptomene Endl.) | ||
| Amomyrtella Kausel (prev. under New Found) | ||
| Amomyrtus (Burret) D.Legrand & Kausel | ||
| Angophora Cav. | ||
| Anticoryne Turcz. (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Apectospermum Peter G.Wilson (prev. under Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Archirhodomyrtus (Nied.) Burret (prev. under Pilidiostigma Burret, Myrtus Tourn. ex L.) | ||
| Astartea DC. (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Asteromyrtus S.Schauer (prev. under Sinoga S.T.Blake, Melaleuca L.) | Sinoga S.T.Blake | |
| Astus Trudgen & Rye (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Austrobaeckea Rye (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Backhousia Hook. & Harv. | ||
| Baeckea L. | ||
| Balaustion Hook. | ||
| Basisperma C.T.White | ||
| Beaufortia R.Br. | Melaleuca L. | |
| Blepharocalyx O.Berg | ||
| Britoa O.Berg | Campomanesia Ruiz & Pav. | |
| Callistemon R.Br. | Melaleuca L. | |
| Calothamnus Labill. | Melaleuca L. | |
| Calycolpus O.Berg | ||
| Calycorectes O.Berg | Eugenia P.Micheli ex L. | |
| Calycothrix Meisn. | Calytrix Labill. | |
| Calyptranthes Sw. | Myrcia DC. ex Guill. | |
| Calytrix Labill. (prev. under Calycothrix Meisn., Lhotskya S.Schauer) | Calycothrix Meisn., Lhotskya S.Schauer | |
| Campomanesia Ruiz & Pav. | Acrandra O.Berg, Britoa O.Berg | |
| Chamelaucium Desf. | ||
| Cheyniana Rye (prev. under Balaustion Hook.) | ||
| Corymbia K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (prev. under Eucalyptus L’Hér.) | ||
| Cyathostemon Turcz. (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Darwinia Rudge | ||
| Decaspermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | ||
| Episyzygium Suess. & A.Ludw. | Eugenia P.Micheli ex L. | |
| Eremaea Lindl. | Melaleuca L. | |
| Ericomyrtus Turcz. (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Eucalyptopsis C.T.White | ||
| Eucalyptus L’Hér. | ||
| Eugenia P.Micheli ex L. | Calycorectes O.Berg, Episyzygium Suess. & A.Ludw., Stenocalyx O.Berg | |
| Euryomyrtus S.Schauer (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Feijoa O.Berg (prev. under Acca O.Berg ) | ||
| Fenzlia Endl. | Lithomyrtus F.Muell. | |
| Gaudium Peter G.Wilson (prev. under Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Gomidesia O.Berg | Myrcia DC. ex Guill. | |
| Gossia N.Snow & Guymer (prev. under Myrtus Tourn. ex L.) | ||
| Harmogia S.Schauer (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Heteropyxis Harv. | ||
| Homalocalyx F.Muell. (prev. under Wehlia F.Muell.) | Wehlia F.Muell. | |
| Homalospermum S.Schauer (prev. under Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Homoranthus A.Cunn. ex S.Schauer | ||
| Hypocalymma (Endl.) Endl. | ||
| Hysterobaeckea (Nied.) Rye (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Jambosa DC. | Syzygium Gaertn. | |
| Kania Schltr. (prev. under Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn.) | ||
| Krugia Urb. | Myrcia DC. ex Guill. | |
| Kunzea Rchb. | ||
| Leptospermopsis S.Moore (prev. under Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | ||
| Lhotskya S.Schauer | Calytrix Labill. | |
| Lithomyrtus F.Muell. (prev. under Fenzlia Endl.) | Fenzlia Endl. | |
| Lophomyrtus Burret (prev. under Myrtus Tourn. ex L.) | ||
| Lophostemon Schott | ||
| Luma A.Gray | Myrceugenella Kausel | |
| Lysicarpus F.Muell. (prev. under Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn.) | ||
| Malleostemon J.W.Green | ||
| Marlierea Cambess. | Myrcia DC. ex Guill. | |
| Mearnsia Merr. | Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn. | |
| Melaleuca L. | Beaufortia R.Br., Callistemon R.Br., Calothamnus Labill., Eremaea Lindl., Phymatocarpus F.Muell., Regelia S.Schauer | |
| Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn. | Mearnsia Merr., Tepualia Griseb. | |
| Micromyrtus Benth. | ||
| Mitranthes O.Berg | Psidium L. | |
| Mosiera Small | ||
| Myrceugenella Kausel | Luma A.Gray | |
| Myrceugenia O.Berg | ||
| Myrcia DC. ex Guill. | Calyptranthes Sw., Gomidesia O.Berg, Krugia Urb., Marlierea Cambess. | |
| Myrcianthes O.Berg | Reichea Kausel | |
| Myrciaria O.Berg | ||
| Myrrhinium Schott | ||
| Myrtastrum Burret (prev. under Myrtus Tourn. ex L.) | ||
| Myrtella F.Muell. (prev. under Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ) | ||
| Myrteola O.Berg | ||
| Myrtus Tourn. ex L. | ||
| Neofabricia Joy Thomps. (prev. under Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Neomitranthes D.Legrand | ||
| Neomyrtus Burret (prev. under Myrtus Tourn. ex L.) | ||
| Nothomyrcia Kausel (prev. under Myrceugenia O.Berg) | ||
| Ochrosperma Trudgen (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Octamyrtus Diels | ||
| Orthostemon O.Berg | Acca O.Berg | |
| Oxymyrrhine S.Schauer (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Pericalymma (Endl.) Endl. (prev. under Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Phymatocarpus F.Muell. | Melaleuca L. | |
| Pileanthus Labill. | ||
| Pilidiostigma Burret | ||
| Pimenta Lindl. | Pseudocaryophyllus O.Berg | |
| Pleurocalyptus Brongn. & Gris | ||
| Plinia Plum. ex L. (prev. under Myrciaria O.Berg, Eugenia P.Micheli ex L.) | ||
| Pseudocaryophyllus O.Berg | Pimenta Lindl. | |
| Psidiopsis O.Berg | Psidium L. | |
| Psidium L. | Mitranthes O.Berg, Psidiopsis O.Berg | |
| Psiloxylon Thouars ex Tul. | ||
| Purpureostemon Gugerli | ||
| Regelia S.Schauer | Melaleuca L. | |
| Reichea Kausel | Myrcianthes O.Berg | |
| Rhodamnia Jack | ||
| Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Rchb. | ||
| Rinzia S.Schauer (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Sannantha Peter G.Wilson (prev. under Baeckea L. ) | ||
| Scholtzia S.Schauer (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Sinoga S.T.Blake | Asteromyrtus S.Schauer | |
| Siphoneugena O.Berg (prev. under Eugenia P.Micheli ex L.) | ||
| Stenocalyx O.Berg | Eugenia P.Micheli ex L. | |
| Syncarpia Ten. | ||
| Syzygium Gaertn. | Jambosa DC. | |
| Taxandria (Benth.) J.R.Wheeler & N.G.Marchant (prev. under Agonis (DC.) Sweet, Leptospermum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) | ||
| Temu O.Berg (prev. under Blepharocalyx O.Berg) | ||
| Tepualia Griseb. | Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn. | |
| Tetrapora S.Schauer (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Thryptomene Endl. | ||
| Triplarina Raf. (prev. under Baeckea L.) | ||
| Tristania R.Br. | ||
| Tristaniopsis Brongn. & Gris | ||
| Ugni Turcz. | ||
| Uromyrtus Burret | ||
| Verticordia DC. | ||
| Wehlia F.Muell. | Homalocalyx F.Muell. | |
| Welchiodendron Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. | ||
| Xanthomyrtus Diels | ||
| Xanthostemon F.Muell. |
References
- de Lange P.J., Smissen, R.D., Wagstaff, S. J., Keeling, D.J., Murray, B.G., Toelken H. R. (2010). A molecular phylogeny and infrageneric classification for Kunzea (Myrtaceae) inferred from rDNA ITS and ETS sequences. Australian Systematic Botany, 23, 309-319. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB10019
- Edwards, R.D., Craven, L.A., Crisp, M.D. and Cook, L.G. (2010). Melaleuca revisited: cpDNA and morphological data confirm that Melaleuca L. (Myrtaceae) is not monophyletic. Taxon, 59, 744-754. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.593007
- Flickinger, J.A., Jestrow, B., Oviedo Prieto, R., Santiago-Valentín, E., Sustache-Sustache, J., Jiménez-Rodríguez, F., Campbell, K.C.S.E. and Francisco-Ortega, J. (2020). A phylogenetic survey of Myrtaceae in the Greater Antilles with nomenclatural changes for some endemic species. Taxon, 69: 448-480. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12263
- Harrington, M.G., Jackes, B.R., Barrett, M.D., Craven, L.A., Barrett, R.L. (2012). Phylogenetic revision of Backhousieae (Myrtaceae): Neogene divergence, a revised circumscription of Backhousia and two new species. Australian Systematic Botany 25, 404-417. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB12015
- Lucas, E.J., Holst, B., Sobral, M., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E.M., Barnes Proença, C.E., Ribeiro da Costa, I., Vasconcelos, T.N.C. (2019). A New Subtribal Classification of Tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae). Systematic Botany 44, 3, 560-569. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364419X15620113920608
- Murillo-A, J., Ruiz-P, E., Landrum, L.R., Stuessy, T.F., Barfuss, M.H.J. (2012). Phylogenetic relationships in Myrceugenia (Myrtaceae) based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62, 2, 764-776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.021
- Nge, F.J., Biffin, E., Rye B.L., Wilson, P.G., van Dijk K.-j., Thiele, K.R., Waycott, M., Barrett, M.D. (2025). Australian biogeography, climate-dependent diversification and phylogenomics of the spectacular Chamelaucieae tribe (Myrtaceae). Australian Systematic Botany, 38, SB24014. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB24014
- Rye, B.L., Wilson, P.G. (2022). Reduction of Corynanthera to the synonymy of Micromyrtus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae: Micromyrtinae). Nuytsia, 33, 321-324. https://doi.org/10.58828/nuy01040
- Rye, B.L., Wilson, P.G., Heslewood, M.M., Perkins, A.J., Thiele, K.R. (2020). A new subtribal classification of Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae. Australian Systematic Botany, 33, 191-206. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB19009
- Snow, N., Dawson, J.W., Munzinger, J., Callmander, M.W. (2022). Additional taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on New Caledonian Eugenia (Myrtaceae). Candollea 77: 71–79. https://doi.org/10.15553/c2022v771a6
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
- Wilson, P.G., Heslewood, M.M. (2016). Phylogenetic position of Meteoromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Telopea. 19. 45-55. https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea10389
- Wilson, P.G. , Heslewood, M.M. (2023). Revised taxonomy of the tribe Leptospermeae (Myrtaceae) based on morphological and DNA data. Taxon, 72, 550-571. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12892
Foto: Calytrix Labill © Elizabeth Joyce