Myrrhinium is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1827.Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 4(2): 404–405 in LatinTropicos, Myrrhinium Schott It contains only one recognized species, Myrrhinium atropurpureum, native to South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S + SE Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Varieties Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. atropurpureum – SE Brazil Myrrhinium atropurpureum var. octandrum Benth. – (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, S Brazil, Uruguay, N Argentina
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