Blepharocalyx

Blepharocalyx
	Blepharocalyx gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Subfamily:	Myrtoideae
Tribe:	Myrteae
Genus:	Blepharocalyx; O.Berg
Type species
	Blepharocalyx acuminatissimus (syn of B. salicifolius); ( Miq.) O.Berg
Synonyms
	Heteromyrtus Blume, illegitimate nam; Temu O.Berg; Marlieriopsis Kiaersk.;

Blepharocalyx is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1854.^[5]^[3] It is native to South America and the West Indies.^[4]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Accepted species^[4]

Blepharocalyx cruckshanksii (Hook. & Arn.) Nied. - Chile
(Kiaerskou) L.R.Landrum - Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Brazil
Mattos - Minas Gerais
(Kunth.) O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina

References[]

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Blepharocalyx acuminatissimus (Miq.) O.Berg
^ lectotype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 138 (1956)
^ ^a ^b Tropicos, Blepharocalyx O.Berg
^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Blepharocalyx
^ Berg, Otto Karl. 1854. Linnaea 27: 348, 412-415 in Latin
^ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
^ Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 45: 1–178.
^ Landrum, L. R. & M. L. Kawasaki. 1997. The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49(4): 508–536.
^ McVaugh, R. 1989. Myrtaceae. In: Dicotyledoneae - Part 2. Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands 5: 463–532.

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[1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Blepharocalyx acuminatissimus (Miq.) O.Berg

[2] totype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 138 (1956)

[mnm-3] Tropicos, Blepharocalyx O.Berg

[mmm-4] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Blepharocalyx

[5] Berg, Otto Karl. 1854. Linnaea 27: 348, 412-415 in Latin

[6] Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[7] Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

[8] Landrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 45: 1–178.

[9] Landrum, L. R. & M. L. Kawasaki. 1997. The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49(4): 508–536.

[10] McVaugh, R. 1989. Myrtaceae. In: Dicotyledoneae - Part 2. Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands 5: 463–532.

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