Corynanthera

''Micromyrtus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Micromyrtus'' are shrubs with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and white, pink or yellow flowers arranged in upper leaf axils, the flowers with five sepals five petals and five or ten stamens.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Micromyrtus'' are shrubs typically less than high. They have crowded, overlapping, simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, oblong to lance-shaped and usually less than long. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to three on a common peduncle, often forming clusters on the ends of branches. The flowers usually have five, (rarely six) small sepals and five (rarely six) white, pink or yellow, elliptic to round petals that are free from each other, and five or ten (rarely six or twelve) stamens. The fruit is a small, dry, indehiscent nut, usually containing a single seed.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Micromyrtus'' was first formally described in 1865 by George Bentham in ''Genera Plantarum''. The name ''Micromyrtus'' means "small myrtle".

Species list

The following names of species of ''Micromyrtus'' are accepted by Plants of the World Online and the Australian Plant Census as of August 2023:

* ''Micromyrtus acuta'' Rye (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus albicans'' A.R.Bean (Qld.)
* ''Micromyrtus arenicola'' Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus barbata'' J.W.Green (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus blakelyi'' J.W.Green (N.S.W.)
* ''Micromyrtus capricornia'' A.R.Bean (Qld.)
* '' Micromyrtus carinata'' A.R. Bean (Qld.)
* ''Micromyrtus chrysodema'' Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus ciliata'' (Sm.) Druce (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., S.A.) - fringed heath-myrtle
* ''Micromyrtus clavata'' J.W.Green ex Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus collina'' Rye (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus delicata'' A.R.Bean (Qld.)
* '' Micromyrtus elobata'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (W.A.)
** ''Micromyrtus elobata'' (F.Muell.) Benth. subsp. ''elobata''
** ''Micromyrtus elobata'' subsp. ''scopula'' Rye
* '' Micromyrtus erichsenii'' Hemsl. (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus fimbrisepala'' J.W.Green (W.A., S.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus flava'' (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus flaviflora'' (F.Muell.) J.M.Black (W.A., N.T., S.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus forsteri'' A.R.Bean (Qld.)
* '' Micromyrtus gracilis'' A.R.Bean (Qld.)
* ''Micromyrtus grandis'' J.T.Hunter (N.S.W.)
* ''Micromyrtus greeniana'' Rye (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus helmsii'' (F.Muell. & Tate) J.W.Green (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus hexamera'' (Maiden & Betche) Maiden & Betche (Qld., N.S.W.)
* '' Micromyrtus hymenonema'' (F.Muell.) C.A.Gardner (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus imbricata'' Benth. (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus leptocalyx'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (Qld.)
* '' Micromyrtus littoralis'' A.R.Bean (Qld.)
* '' Micromyrtus minutiflora'' Benth. (N.S.W.)
* ''Micromyrtus monotaxis'' Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus mucronulata'' Rye (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus navicularis'' Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus ninghanensis'' Rye (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus obovata'' (Turcz.) J.W.Green (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus papillosa'' J.W.Green ex Rye (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus patula'' A.R.Bean (Qld.)
* ''Micromyrtus placoides'' Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus prochytes'' Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus racemosa'' Benth. (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus redita'' Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus rogeri'' J.W.Green ex Rye (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus rotundifolia'' A.R.Bean (Qld.)
* '' Micromyrtus rubicalyx'' Rye (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus serrulata'' J.W.Green (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus sessilis'' J.W.Green (N.S.W., Qld.)
* '' Micromyrtus stenocalyx'' (F.Muell.) J.W.Green (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus striata'' J.W.Green (Qld., N.S.W.)
* '' Micromyrtus sulphurea'' W.Fitzg. (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus triptycha'' Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus trudgenii'' Rye (W.A.)
* '' Micromyrtus uniovulum'' Rye (W.A.)
* ''Micromyrtus vernicosa'' A.R.Bean (Qld.)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3388896

Myrtaceae genera
Myrtales of Australia
Taxa named by George Bentham
Endemic flora of Australia