Common Names - Myrtle Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 150 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 5650 |
Plant forms - Tree/Shrub |
World Distribution - Tropical, warm areas & temperate zones of Australia. Tropical and warm-temperate regions of the world,
There is timber in Corymbia & Eucalyptus |
Comments - Recent estimates suggest that Myrtaceae has over 5650 species (Govaerts et al. 2008), occurring in some 130-150 genera.
All species are woody, with essential oils |