''Blepharocalyx'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
in family
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...
first described as a genus in 1854.
[Tropicos, ''Blepharocalyx'' O.Berg]
/ref> It is native to South America and the West Indies.[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Blepharocalyx'']
/ref>[McVaugh, R. 1989. Myrtaceae. In: Dicotyledoneae - Part 2. Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands 5: 463–532.]
;Accepted species[
# '' Blepharocalyx cruckshanksii'' (Hook. & Arn.) Nied. - Chile
# '' Blepharocalyx eggersii'' (Kiaerskou) L.R.Landrum - Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Brazil
# '' Blepharocalyx myriophyllus '' Mattos - ]Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
# '' Blepharocalyx salicifolius'' (Kunth.) O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
References
Myrtaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Flora of the Neotropical realm
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