Octamyrtus is a group of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922.Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1922. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57: 373-376 descriptions in Latin, commentary and geographic information in GermanTropicos, Octamyrtus Diels It is native to New Guinea and to the nearby Indonesian Province of Maluku.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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.
Species Octamyrtus arfakensis Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White – West New Guinea Octamyrtus behrmannii Diels – New Guinea Octamyrtus glomerata Kaneh. & Hatus. ex C.T.White – New Guinea Octamyrtus halmaherensis Craven & Sunarti – Halmahera Octamyrtus insignis Diels – New Guinea Octamyrtus pleiopetala Diels – New Guinea, Aru Islands
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