Kanakomyrtus is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 2009.Snow, Neil Wilton. 2009. Systematic Botany 34(2): 330-340Tropicos, Kanakomyrtus N. Snow The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It is related to Archirhodomyrtus and Rhodomyrtus.Snow, N., J. McFadden, T. M. Evans, A. M. Salywon, M. F. Wojciechowski, and P. G. Wilson (2011). Morphological and Molecular Evidence of Polyphyly in Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae: Myrteae). Systematic Botany 36 (2): 390–404.
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