Myrceugenia

Myrceugenia is a genus of evergreen woody flowering trees and shrubs belonging to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1855. The genus is native to South America from central Brazil to southern Chile. It is closely related to the genus Luma; some botanists include Myrceugenia in that genus.

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• Myrceugenia filogenia y biogeograf a de un g nero disyunto del sur de surem rica parte 1
• Myrceugenia filogenia y biogeograf a de un g nero disyunto del sur de surem rica parte 2
• References

Two species are endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean west of the Chilean coast. Myrceugenia fernandeziana is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island and M. schulzei to Alejandro Selkirk Island, where they are prominent trees in the lowland and lower montane forests of the islands.