6313.000 Myrsine L.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves numerous, small, crowded, not confined to branch apices, often with a crenate or serrate margin and with translucent glands in the lamina. Flowers 4-5-merous, in axillary fascicles. Sepals and petals with resin-dots, often ciliate at the margin. Ovary glabrous. Style discoid. Fruit a spherical 1-seeded drupe.

Worldwide: 5 species in the Azores, Africa and Asia

Rwanda: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Myrsine:

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Flora of the DRC: Myrsine
Flora of Malawi: Myrsine
Flora of Mozambique: Myrsine
Flora of Zambia: Myrsine
Flora of Zimbabwe: Myrsine

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Myrsine
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Myrsine
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Myrsine
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Myrsine
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Myrsine
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Myrsine
JSTOR Plant Science: Myrsine
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Myrsine
Plants of the World Online: Myrsine
Tropicos: Myrsine
Wikipedia: Myrsine

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