Rhodomyrtus
Rhodomyrtus is a group of shrubs and trees in the family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1841 and native to southern China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and Australia.
Its greatest levels of diversity are in New Guinea and northeastern Australia. Snow et al. confirmed in 2008 that the genus is polyphyletic, i.e. it includes taxa that do not have a common predecessor, and they recommended more detailed DNA studies to determine if and how it should be split into two or more smaller monophyletic genera.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 22 species:Rhodomyrtus effusa Guymer – QueenslandRhodomyrtus elegans A.J. Scott – Maluku Islands, New GuineaRhodomyrtus guymeriana N.Snow & J.P.Atwood – Papua New GuineaRhodomyrtus kaweaensis N.Snow – Papua New GuineaRhodomyrtus lanata Guymer – Papua New GuineaRhodomyrtus locellata Burret – New CaledoniaRhodomyrtus longisepala N. Snow & J. McFadden – Papua New GuineaRhodomyrtus macrocarpa Benth. – New Guinea, Aru Islands, QueenslandRhodomyrtus mengenensis N.Snow – Papua New GuineaRhodomyrtus misimana N.Snow – Papua New GuineaRhodomyrtus montana Guymer – Western New GuineaRhodomyrtus obovata C.T.White – Papua New GuineaRhodomyrtus pervagata Guymer – QueenslandRhodomyrtus pinnatinervis C.T.White – New Guinea, Bismarck ArchipelagoRhodomyrtus psidioides Benth. – Queensland, New South WalesRhodomyrtus salomonensis A.J.Scott – Solomon Islands Rhodomyrtus sericea Burret – QueenslandRhodomyrtus surigaoensis Elmer – PhilippinesRhodomyrtus takeuchii N.Snow & J.Cantley – Papua New GuineaRhodomyrtus tomentosa Hassk. – India to southern China and Taiwan, Indo-China, MelanesiaRhodomyrtus trineura Benth. – Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, QueenslandRhodomyrtus verecunda – Queensland