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Taxon: Family Myrtaceae Juss. (1789), nom. cons. - myrtle family (plant)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
Status: extant
   actualia - actual entities
  Status: extant
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
    Status: extant
       naturalia - natural bodies
      Status: extant
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
        Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater, terrestrial & aerial); Period: Archean - Present (3770 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
          Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Archean - Present (3420 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
            Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (1650 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
              Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present [2500 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                 Clade natates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                Status: extant
                   Clade photaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                  Status: extant
                     Clade eucorta Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                    Status: extant
                       Superkingdom Corticata Lankester, 1878 - corticates
                      Status: extant
                         Kingdom Plantae Haeckel (1866) - plants
                        Distribution: Africa; Status: extant
                           Subkingdom Viridiplantae Caval.-Sm. (1981) - green plants
                          Status: extant
                             Infrakingdom Streptophyta Caval.-Sm. (1993)
                            Status: extant
                               Clade Phragmoplastophyta Lecointre & Le Guyader 2006 [Hall, McCourt, Delwiche, Mishler & Karol 2020]
                              Status: extant
                                 Clade Embryophyta Engler 1887 [Mishler & Qiu 2020]
                                Period: Middle Ordovician - Present [470 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                                   Clade Pan-Tracheophyta Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                  Status: extant
                                     Clade Apo-Tracheophyta Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                    Status: extant
                                       [crown] Phylum Tracheophyta Sinnott ex Caval.-Sm. (1998) - vascular plants
                                      Distribution: Asia; Status: extant
                                         Clade Pan-Euphyllophyta Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                        Status: extant
                                           Clade Euphyllophyta Lecointre & Le Guyader 2006 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                          Status: extant
                                             Clade Pan-Spermatophyta Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino, Doyle & Donoghue 2020]
                                            Status: extant
                                               Clade Lignophyta Crane & Kenrick 1997, nom. cl. inval.
                                              Status: extant
                                                 Clade Apo-Spermatophyta Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino, Doyle & Donoghue 2020]
                                                Status: extant
                                                   [crown] Subphylum Spermatophytina Caval.-Sm. (1998) - seed plants
                                                  Distribution: Africa; Status: extant
                                                     Clade Pan-Angiospermae Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Doyle, Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                                    Status: extant
                                                       [crown] Class Magnoliopsida Brongn. (1843)
                                                      Distribution: Asia; Status: extant
                                                         Clade Mesangiospermae Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2020]
                                                        Status: extant
                                                           Clade Tricolpatae Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2020]
                                                          Status: extant
                                                             Clade Eudicotyledoneae Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2020]
                                                            Status: extant
                                                               Clade Gunneridae Soltis, Soltis & Judd 2007 [Soltis, Soltis & Judd 2020]
                                                              Status: extant
                                                                 Clade Pentapetalae Soltis, Soltis & Judd 2007 [Soltis, Soltis & Judd 2020]
                                                                Status: extant
                                                                   Clade Superrosidae Judd, Soltis & Soltis 2011 [Judd, Soltis & Soltis 2020]
                                                                  Status: extant
                                                                     Superorder Rosanae Takht. (1967)
                                                                    Distribution: Nearctic/North America; Status: extant
                                                                       Clade Malvidae Judd, Soltis & Soltis 2007 [Judd, Soltis, Soltis & Cantino 2020]
                                                                      Status: extant
                                                                         Order Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)
                                                                        Status: extant
                                                                           Family Myrtaceae Juss. (1789), nom. cons. - myrtle family
                                                                          Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Accara Landrum
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Actinodium Schauer (1836)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Agonis (DC.) Sweet (1830), nom. cons.
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Aldwickia M.E.J. Chandler (1961)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Algrizea Proença & NicLugh.
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Allosyncarpia S.T. Blake (1977)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Aluta Rye & Trudgen
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Amomyrtella Kausel (1956)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Amomyrtus (Burret) D. Legrand & Kausel (1948)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Angasomyrtus M.E. Trudgen & G.J. Keighery (1983)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Archirhodomyrtus (Niedenzu) Burret (1941)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Arillastrum Pancher ex Baill. (1877)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Astartea DC. (1828)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Asteromyrtus Schauer
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Astus Trudgen & Rye
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Austromyrtus (Niedenzu) Burret (1941)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Balaustion Hook. (1851)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Barongia P.G. Wilson & B.P.M. Hyland (1988)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Basisperma C.T.White (1942)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Beaufortia R.Br. (1812)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Blepharocalyx O.C. Berg (1856)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Britoa Berg
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Callistemophyllum Ettingshausen (1853)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Calycorectes O.C. Berg (1856)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Calyptrogenia Burret (1941)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Chamguava Landrum
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Cheyniana Rye
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Choricarpia Domin (1928)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Chytraculia P.Browne
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Cloezia Brongn. & Gris
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Conothamnus Lindl. (1839)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Corynanthera J.W. Green (1979)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Curitiba Salywon & Landrum
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Cyathostemon Turcz.
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Eremaea Lindl. (1839)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Eucalyptophyllum Fontaine (1889)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Eugeniaites A. Loubière (1933)
                                                                            Distribution: Afrotropic/Madagascar; Period: Eocene - Miocene [56 - 5.333 Mya]; Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Euryomyrtus Schauer
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Gomidesia O.C. Berg (1855)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Harmogia Schauer
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Hexachlamys O.C. Berg (1856)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Homalocalyx F.Muell. (1857)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Homalospermum J.C. Schauer (1843)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Hottea Urban (1929)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Hypocalymma (Endl.) Endl. (1840)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Kardomia Peter G. Wilson
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Kjellbergiodendron Burret (1936)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Krokia Urban (1928)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Lamarchea Gaudich., in Freycinet (1830)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Legrandia Kausel (1944)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Lenwebbia N. Snow & Guymer (2003)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Leptospermites Schmalhausen (1883)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Leptospermocarpum P. Menzel (1914)
                                                                            Distribution: Palearctic/central Europe; Period: Tertiary [66 - 2.58 Mya]; Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Lindsayomyrtus B.P.M. Hyland & C.G.G.J. van Steenis (1974)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Lithomyrtus F.Muell.
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Lophomyrtus Burret (1941)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Luma A.Gray (1854)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Lysicarpus F.Muell. (1858)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Malleostemon J.W. Green (1983)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Meteoromyrtus Gamble (1918)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Micromyrtus Bentham, in Bentham & Hook.f. (1865)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Mitranthes O.C. Berg (1856)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Mitrantia P.G. Wilson & B.P.M. Hyland (1988)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Mosiera J.K. Small (1933)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Mozartia Urban (1923)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Myrciophyllum H. Engelhardt (1891)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Myrrhinium Schott, in Spreng. (1827)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Myrtaciphyllum Christophel & S.D. Lys (1987)
                                                                            Distribution: Australasia/Australia; Period: Early Eocene [56 - 47.8 Mya]; Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Myrtastrum Burret (1941)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Myrtella F. v. Mueller (1877)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Myrteola O.Berg (1856), nom. cons.
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Myrtifolium F. Unger (1864)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Myrtiphyllum Dusén (1899)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Myrtoidoxylon H. Gottwald (1966)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Myrtomiophyton Massalongo (1858)
                                                                            Distribution: Palearctic/southern Europe; Period: Tertiary [66 - 2.58 Mya]; Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Myrtonium Ettingshausen (1886)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Myrtophyllum Heer (1869), nom. illeg.
                                                                            Distribution: Palearctic/central Europe; Period: Cretaceous [145 - 66 Mya]; Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Myrtospermum M.E.J. Chandler (1957)
                                                                            Distribution: Palearctic/British Isles; Period: Oligocene [33.9 - 23.03 Mya]; Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Myrtoxylon Boureau (1953)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Neofabricia J. Thompson (1983)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Neomitranthes D. Legrand
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Neomyrtus Burret (1941)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Ochrosperma Trudgen
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Octamyrtus Diels (1922)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Oxymyrrhine Schauer
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Palaeorhodomyrtus E.M. Reid & M.E.J. Chandler (1933)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Pericalymma (Endl.) Endl. (1840)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Petraeomyrtus Craven
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Phymatocarpus F.Muell. (1862)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Pileanthus Labill. (1806)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Pilidiostigma Burret (1941)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Piliocalyx Brongn. & Gris (1865), nom. cons.
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Pleurocalyptus Brongn. & Gris (1868)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Pseudanamomis Kausel (1956)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Purpureostemon Gugerli (1939)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Regelia Schauer (1843)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Rinzia Schauer (1843)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Ristantia P.G. Wilson & J.T. Waterhouse (1982)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Sannantha Peter G. Wilson
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Schizocalomyrtus Kausel
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Scholtzia Schauer (1843)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Seorsus Rye & Trudgen
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Siphoneugena Berg (1856)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Sphaerantia P.G. Wilson & B.P.M. Hyland (1988)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Stenostegia A.R.Bean
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Stereocaryum Burret (1941)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Stockwellia D. J. Carr, S. G. M. Carr & B.Hyland
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Syncarpia Tenore (1839)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Syncarpites J. Schmalhausen (1883)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Taxandria (Benth.) J. R. Wheeler & N. G. Marchant
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Thaleropia Peter G. Wilson
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Triplarina Raf.
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus †Tristaniandra P.G. Wilson & Basinger (2007)
                                                                            Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus †Tristanites G. Saporta (1865)
                                                                            Distribution: Palearctic/western Europe; Period: Tertiary [66 - 2.58 Mya]; Status: fossil
                                                                             Genus Ugni Turczaninow (1848)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Uromyrtus Burret (1941)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Welchiodendron P.G. Wilson & J.T. Waterhouse (1982)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             Genus Whiteodendron Steenis (1952)
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             1 Subfamily Psiloxyloideae (Croizat) Schmid
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             2.1 Subfamily Leptospermoideae
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                             2.2 Subfamily Myrtoideae Sweet
                                                                            Status: extant

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