M.M.P.N.D. - Sorting Myrtus names

MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Myrtus names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

Myrtus acuminatissima Blume -> Syzygium acuminatissimum (Blume) DC.
Myrtus communis L. A
Myrtus communis L. subsp. tarentina (L.) Arcang., comb. superfl.
Myrtus communis L. subsp. tarentina (L.) Nyman
Myrtus communis L. var. microphylla Willk. -> Myrtus communis L. subsp. tarentina (L.) Nyman ?
Myrtus communis L. var. mucronata L. -> Myrtus communis L. A
Myrtus communis L. var. romana L. -> Myrtus communis L. A
Myrtus communis L. var. tarentina L. -> Myrtus communis L. subsp. tarentina (L.) Nyman
Myrtus densiflora Blume -> Eugenia densiflora (Blume) Duthie
Myrtus dioica L. -> Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.
Myrtus dombeyi Spreng. -> Eugenia brasiliensis Lam.
Myrtus italica (L.) Mill. ex Steud. -> Myrtus communis L. A
Myrtus mucronata Cambess.
Myrtus mucronata (L.) Pers. ex Steud. -> Myrtus communis L. A
Myrtus nivellei Batt. & Trab.
Myrtus pimenta L. -> Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.
Myrtus piperita Sessé & Moç. -> Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.
Myrtus romana (L.) Mill. ex Steud. -> Myrtus communis L. A
Myrtus tabasco Cham. & Schldl. -> Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.
Myrtus tarentina (L.) Mill. ex Steud. -> Myrtus communis L. subsp. tarentina (L.) Nyman
Myrtus ugni Molina -> Ugni molinae Turcz.

Myrtus communis L.

SYNONYM(S) : Myrtus communis L. var. romana L., Myrtus italica (L.) Mill. ex Steud., Myrtus mucronata (L.) Pers. ex Steud.

ARABIC : لاتین , انگلیسی , آلمانی Ahmam, Arrihane, Aselmûn, Hadass, Halmuch, Houmblass, ريحان Raihan (North Africa), Rayhdn, Rihân, فرانسه .

BENGALI : Bilatimehedi.

CHINESE : 香桃木 Xiang tao mu.

DANISH : Myrte.

DUTCH : Mirt, Mirte.

ENGLISH : Myrtle.

FRENCH : Myrte, Myrte commun, Myrte commune, Nerte, Nerto (Provençal).

GERMAN : Brautmyrte, Myrte.

GREEK : Μυρτιά Mirtia (Myrtia), Μύρτος Myrtos.

HEBREW : הֲדַס Hadas.

HINDI : Vilayatimehndi .

ITALIAN : Mirto.

JAPANESE : ギンバイカ Ginbaika, 祝いの木 Iwai no ki, マートル Maatoru.

PERSIAN : . مورد

PORTUGUESE : Mirto, Murta.

RUSSIAN : Мирт Mirt, Мырт Myrt.

SLOVAKIAN : Myrta obyčajná.

SPANISH : Arrayán, Mirto.

SWEDISH : Myrten.

Myrtus communis L. (Cineoliferum Group)

ENGLISH :   Cineole myrtle.

FRENCH :   Myrte cinéoliferum, Myrte commun à cinéole.

See note

Myrtus communis L. (Myrtenylacetatiferum Group)

FRENCH :   Myrte commun à acétate de myrtenyl, Myrte rouge.

See note

Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina (L.) Nyman

SYNONYM(S) : Myrtus communis L. var. tarentina L., Myrtus tarentina Mill.

FRENCH : Myrte à petites feuilles, Myrte de Tarente, Myrte tarentin.

This is considered as a synonym of Myrtus communis L. by some authors.

Photographs at Jardin! L'Encyclopédie.

Myrtus mucronata Cambess.

PORTUGUESE : Guabiroba.

SPANISH : Araza.

It is not clear if Cambess. is the proper authority for this species. If not, chances are that this is a synonym of Myrtus communis L.

Myrtus nivellei Batt. & Trab.

ENGLISH : Saharan myrtle.

FRENCH : Myrte du Sahara.

The validity of this species is ignored / challenged by some authors.

NOTES

It is not clear to which of these groups Myrtus communis L. (Cineoliferum Group) or Myrtus communis L. (Myrtenylacetatiferum Group) the pairs of common names below should belong. Can anyone put our minds at rest ?

ENGLISH : Green myrtle.
FRENCH : Myrte verte.

ENGLISH : Red myrtle.
FRENCH : Myrte rouge.

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Myrtus Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Myrtus.html > (2006).

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

REFERENCES
Online

REFERENCES
Specific & complementary

Gautier Richard & Mauric Natacha, 2000 - 2006, Myrte commun - Jardin! L'Encyclopédie.< http://nature.jardin.free.fr/ >, < http://nature.jardin.free.fr/arbuste/ft_myrtus_co.html >.

Katzer Gernot, 2006, Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages. Myrtle (Myrtus communis). < www.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/Myrt_com.html >.

Maire, R., 1940. Etudes sur la flore et la végétation du Sahara central. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique Nord, Alger 3. pp. 1-433.

Quézel, P. & Santa, S., 1962-1963. Nouvelle Flore de l'Algérie et des régions désertiques méridionales. CNRS, Paris, 2 vol. 1170 p.

Salima Benhouhou (Dr.) 2006, A Guide to Medicinal Plants in North Africa : Myrtus nivellei Batt & Trab.-Myrtaceae. Part of a Database for North African Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. IUCN. < www.iucn.org/places/medoffice/ nabp/database/NA_Plants.htm >.

Sitouh, M., 1989. Les plantes utiles du Sahara. Ann. Inst. Nat. Agro. El Harrach, Alger, vol. 13, n°2. pp. 583-658.

Trabut, L., 1935. Répertoires des noms indigènes des plantes spontanées, cultivées et utilisées dans le Nord de l'Afrique. Collection du Centenaire de l'Algérie, Alger. 355 p.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?myrtus (17 January 2005). (GRIN)

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