Myrtales genera

genus of plants

Combretum, the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but there are others that are native to tropical Asia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, Australia, and tropical America.

Conocarpus is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical regions of the world. One of the species is a widespread mangrove species, and the other is restricted to a small area around the southern Red Sea coasts, where it grows alongside seasonal rivers.

Lumnitzera is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. An English common name is black mangrove. (However, "black mangrove" may also refer to the unrelated genus Avicennia.) Lumnitzera, named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806), occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific (including Fiji and Tonga), and northern Australia.

thumb|Vochysia tomentosa - MHNT

Olinia is a genus of small trees and shrubs with 10 species in the family Penaeaceae. The species of Olinia are native to Africa, ranging from west Africa to South Africa. It was previously regarded as the sole genus in the family Oliniaceae, but is now included in the expanded Penaeaceae along with Rhynchocalyx (formerly of the Rhynchocalycaceae) under the APG III system of classification.

Crypteronia is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Crypteroniaceae. The genus includes seven species, ranging from eastern India through Southeast Asia and southern China to the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia and New Guinea.

Pteleopsis was a genus in the plant family Combretaceae. It is now regarded as a synonym of Terminalia L., another genus of the same family which contains around 290 species.

Axinandra is a genus of plant in family Crypteroniaceae. It contains the following species: Axinandra alata  Axinandra beccariana  Axinandra coriacea  Axinandra zeylanica

thumb|Penaea atop Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa

Strephonema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Combretaceae.

Erismadelphus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae.

thumb|Qualea rosea - MHNT Qualea is a flowering plant genus in the family Vochysiaceae. These plants occur in the Neotropics and their wood makes good timber and firewood and is used in construction. Some species of Qualea have medicinal properties.

Erisma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae.

Callisthene is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae.

Dansiea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Combretaceae.

Macropteranthes is a genus containing five species of woody shrub native to northern Australia.

Ruizterania is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae.