
myrtles, evening primroses, and allies
Myrtales
The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants, in the malvid clade of the rosid group of dicotyledons. Well-known members of Myrtales include: myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, eucalyptus, crape myrtles, henna tree, pomegranate, water caltrop, loosestrifes, cupheas (cigar plants), evening primroses, fuchsias, willowherbs, white mangrove, leadwood tree, African birch, Koster's curse, and velvet tree.
9 branches of this order, most-observed first

evening primrose family
familyOnagraceae

myrtle family
familyMyrtaceae

lythrum family
familyLythraceae

Melastomes
familyMelastomataceae

bushwillow family
familyCombretaceae

brickleaf family
familyPenaeaceae

vochysia family
familyVochysiaceae

crypteronia family
familyCrypteroniaceae

alzatea family
familyAlzateaceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Myrtales in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47791.