Myrtaceae genera

Regelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The genus is composed of five species of small leaved, evergreen shrubs which have heads of flowers on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering. Another species, previously known as Regelia punicea and which is endemic to Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, has been transferred to Melaleuca punicea.

Austromyrtus is a genus of shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. The genus was first described in 1893 by Franz Josef Niedenzu as a section of Myrtus, but in 1941 it was elevated to a genus by Max Burret.

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Myrtella is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1877. It is native to New Guinea and to some islands of the western Pacific.

Lithomyrtus is a genus of small trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. There are 11 species, native to the tropics of northern Australia and New Guinea:

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Mosiera is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1933. It is native to Mexico, Guatemala, the West Indies, Brazil, and Florida.

Enekbatus is a genus of ten species of small to medium Western Australian shrubs in the family Myrtaceae, moved from Baeckea in 2010.

Neofabricia is a genus of 3 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, endemic to Queensland. Plants in the genus Neofabricia are shrubs or small trees with yellow or white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils with many stamens, an ovary with usually 5 to 10 locules, and the fruit a woody capsule.

Xanthomyrtus is a group of shrubs and trees in the botanical family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922. It is found in Borneo, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and New Caledonia.

Pericalymma is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1840. The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia.

Syncarpia is a small group of trees in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) described as a genus in 1839. They are native to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.

Astus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Myrtaceae.

Archirhodomyrtus is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, describe as a genus in 1941. There are five known species, four native to New Caledonia and one native to Australia.

Gossia is a genus of rainforest trees in the myrtle family first described as a genus in 2003 by Neil Snow and Gordon Guymer. It is native to northeastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) as well as several islands of Papuasia and New Caledonia.

Pilidiostigma is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. All species occur in Australia and one, P. papuanum, also occurs in Papua New Guinea. They are not generally known to horticulture. The species P. sessile is rare.

Calycolpus is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1856. It is native to the South America, Central America, and the West Indies.

Myrteola is a plant genus in the Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1856. It is native to South America and the Falkland Islands.

Sphaerantia is a group of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1988. The entire genus is endemic to the northern part of the State of Queensland in Australia.

Euryomyrtus is a genus of shrubs, in the family Myrtaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia.

Ristantia is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae, first described in 1982. The entire genus is endemic to the state of Queensland, Australia.

Thaleropia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1993. It is native to Queensland and Papuasia.

Phymatocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. All three species are shrubs with pink to purple flowers.

Oxymyrrhine is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Myrtaceae.

Babingtonia is a genus of 11 species of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Plants in the genus Babingtonia are glabrous shrubs with simple linear, lance-shaped or elliptic leaves with white flowers arranged singly or in groups of three to seven, in leaf axils.

Octamyrtus is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922. It is native to New Guinea and to the nearby Indonesian Province of Maluku.

Seorsus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. The occurrence of the four species in Australia and Borneo is widely spaced, and is thought to be indicative that the genus predates the breakup of Gondwana.

Amomyrtella is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1956. It is native to South America, where it is distributed from Ecuador to Argentina.

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Sannantha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae that are native to Australia and New Caledonia. Plants in the genus Sannantha are shrubs or trees with leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers usually arranged in small groups, the peduncles often 1.5–2 times as long as the pedicels and with seven to fourteen stamens. The fruit is a thin-walled capsule containing flattened, D-shaped seeds. Some species of Sannantha were previously included in the genus Babingtonia.

Conothamnus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. They are woody shrubs similar to melaleucas but differ in that their leaves are usually arranged in opposite pairs and the maximum number of seeds per fruit is three. (Melaleucas usually have alternately arranged leaves and there may be hundreds of very fine seeds in each woody capsule.) thumb|225px|C. aureus near Scaddan, Western Australia|Scaddan

Lenwebbia is a genus of shrubs or small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. The type species is Lenwebbia lasioclada.

Kardomia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. Plants in the genus Kardomia are shrubs with leaves arranged in opposite pairs and with flowers with a ridged or rough floral cup, five petals and four to thirteen stamens.

Algrizea is a genus in the plant family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 2006. The entire genus is endemic to the State of Bahia in northeastern Brazil.

Ericomyrtus is a genus of shrubs, in the family Myrtaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia.

Kanakomyrtus is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 2009. The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia. It is related to Archirhodomyrtus and Rhodomyrtus.

Cheyniana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Two species are currently recognised, both endemic to Western Australia: