Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:471. 1753
Verified:
01/30/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
myrtle – French
myrte commun – German
Myrte – Spanish
arrayán – mirto – Swedish
myrten –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Malta | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
-
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Pakistan
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Italy, Malta
-
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Western Cape]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Materials | essential oils | | Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 |
Materials | wood | | Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24898.
Accessed 6 October 2024.