Myrcianthes

Myrcianthes is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1856. They are native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida.

==Taxonomy== Accepted species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | || Myrcianthes borealis McVaugh || ||Colombia, Venezuela |- | || Myrcianthes bradeana Mattos & D.Legrand || || Minas Gerais |- | || Myrcianthes callicoma McVaugh || || Tucumán, Bolivia |- | || Myrcianthes cavalcantei Mattos || || Roraima |- | || Myrcianthes cisplatensis (Cambess.) O.Berg || || S Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina |- | 120px || Myrcianthes coquimbensis (Barnéoud) Landrum & Grifo ||lucumillo || Coquimbo |- | || Myrcianthes crebrifolia (Steyerm.) McVaugh || || Colombia, Venezuela |- | || Myrcianthes cymosa (O.Berg) Mattos || || SE Brazil |- | || Myrcianthes discolor (Kunth) McVaugh || || Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador |- | || Myrcianthes esnardiana (Urb. & Ekman) Alain || || Massif de la Hotte |- | 120px || Myrcianthes ferreyrae (McVaugh) McVaugh || || Peru |- | || Myrcianthes fimbriata (Kunth) McVaugh || || Peru, Ecuador |- | 120px || Myrcianthes fragrans (Sw.) McVaugh || twinberry, twinberry stopper || from Mexico + Florida to Peru |- | || Myrcianthes gigantea (D.Legrand) D.Legrand || || S Brazil, Uruguay, Misiones |- | 120px || Myrcianthes hallii (O.Berg) McVaugh || Arrayán de Quito|| Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador |- | || Myrcianthes indifferens (McVaugh) McVaugh || || Peru |- | || Myrcianthes karsteniana (Klotzsch ex O.Berg) McVaugh || || Colombia, Venezuela |- | || Myrcianthes lanosa McVaugh || || Cajamarca (Peru) |- | 120px || Myrcianthes leucoxyla (Ortega) McVaugh ||Arrayán blanco || Colombia, Venezuela |- | || Myrcianthes lindleyana (Kunth) McVaugh || || Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru |- | || Myrcianthes mato (Griseb.) McVaugh || || Bolivia, NW Argentina |- | || Myrcianthes minimifolia (McVaugh) McVaugh || || Peru, Jujuy (Argentina) |- | || Myrcianthes monteucalyptoides Proença & L.V.S.Jenn. || || Peru |- | || Myrcianthes myrsinoides (Kunth) Grifo || || Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia |- | || Myrcianthes oreophila (Diels) McVaugh || || Peru, Bolivia |- | || Myrcianthes orthostemon (O.Berg) Grifo || || Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru |- | || Myrcianthes osteomeloides (Rusby) McVaugh || || Peru, Bolivia |- | || Myrcianthes pearcei (McVaugh) McVaugh || || La Paz (Bolivia) |- | || Myrcianthes pedersenii D.Legrand || || Paraguay |- | || Myrcianthes prodigiosa McVaugh || || Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname |- | || Myrcianthes pseudomato (D.Legrand) McVaugh || || Bolivia, NW Argentina |- | 120px || Myrcianthes pungens (O.Berg) D.Legrand ||Guabiyu || Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina |- | || Myrcianthes quinqueloba (McVaugh) McVaugh || || Peru |- | 120px || Myrcianthes rhopaloides (Kunth) McVaugh || || Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia |- | || Myrcianthes riparia Sobral, Grippa & T.B.Guim. || || S Brazil |- | || Myrcianthes sessilis McVaugh || || Colombia, Venezuela |- | || Myrcianthes storkii (Standl.) McVaugh || || Panama, Costa Rica |- |}