Myrtaceae

Genera 127 Accepted species 6,546 Documented here 664 Coverage 10%

We document 664 of the 6,546 accepted species in Myrtaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 75 of 127

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Eucalyptus 166 863
Melaleuca 87 391
Syzygium 61 1,233
Eugenia 36 1,270
Verticordia 28 103
Leptospermum 23 96
Kunzea 20 66
Metrosideros 20 60
Corymbia 19 97
Calytrix 12 92
Darwinia 11 53
Gossia 10 47
Myrceugenia 10 49
Myrcianthes 10 40
Myrcia 8 797
Rhodamnia 8 41
Angophora 7 13
Baeckea 7 21
Campomanesia 7 44
Psidium 7 115
Hypocalymma 6 29
Micromyrtus 6 51
Sannantha 5 16
Taxandria 5 11
Thryptomene 5 49
Xanthostemon 4 49
Austromyrtus 3 4
Backhousia 3 13
Heteropyxis 3 3
Lophostemon 3 4
Pilidiostigma 3 6
Pimenta 3 20
Plinia 3 82
Rhodomyrtus 3 22
Tristaniopsis 3 42
Ugni 3 4
Amomyrtus 2 2
Decaspermum 2 34
Lophomyrtus 2 3
Luma 2 3
Pileanthus 2 8
Rinzia 2 19
Syncarpia 2 3
Actinodium 1 1
Agonis 1 6
Algrizea 1 2
Aluta 1 5
Archirhodomyrtus 1 5
Astartea 1 23
Asteromyrtus 1 7
Babingtonia 1 12
Blepharocalyx 1 4
Chamelaucium 1 21
Ericomyrtus 1 4
Euryomyrtus 1 7
Feijoa 1 1
Harmogia 1 1
Homalospermum 1 1
Homoranthus 1 31
Hysterobaeckea 1 11
Lenwebbia 1 2
Lithomyrtus 1 11
Lysicarpus 1 1
Mosiera 1 33
Myrciaria 1 33
Myrrhinium 1 1
Myrteola 1 3
Myrtus 1 43
Neomyrtus 1 1
Ochrosperma 1 6
Osbornia 1 1
Pericalymma 1 4
Temu 1 1
Tristania 1 3
Uromyrtus 1 22

Genera we do not yet document 52 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.