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The genus Myrsine is in the family Primulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Myrsine

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Myrsine affinis A. DC.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine africana L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine andina (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine angustifolia (A. Heller) Hosaka	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine apoensis (Elmer) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine aralioides (Philipson) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine balansae (Mez) Otegui	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine benthamiana (Mez) Ewart	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine brevis (J.F. Macbr.) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine bullata Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine calcarata (Lundell) Ricketson & Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine carolinensis (Mez) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine ceylanica (Mez) Wadhwa	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine cheesemanii (Hemsl. ex Mez) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine cicatricosa (C.Y. Wu & C. Chen) Pipoly & C. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine cipoensis M.F.Freitas & Kin.-Gouv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine coriacea (Sw.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine cruciata (Philipson) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine cubana A. DC.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine denticulata (Wawra) Hosaka	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine dependens (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine diazii Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine dilloniana Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine elliptica E. Walker	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine faberi (Mez) Pipoly & C. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine fastigiata (Elmer) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine fernseei (Mez) Hosaka	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine floribunda (Willd.) R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine forbesii (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine fosteri Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine fusca (J.W. Moore) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine gardneriana A. DC.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine glandulosa (Elmer) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine guianensis (Aubl.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine hartii (M.L. Grant) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine helleri (O. Deg. & I. Deg.) H. St. John	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine howittiana (F. Muell. ex Mez) Jackes	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine juergensenii (Mez) Ricketson & Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine knudsenii (Rock) Hosaka	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine kwangsiensis (E. Walker) Pipoly & C. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine laetevirens (Mez) Arechav.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine lechleri (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine ledermannii (Mez) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine lehmannii (Standl.) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine ligustrina (Mez) Otegui	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine linearis (Lour.) Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine loefgrenii (Mez) Imkhan.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine macrocarpa Pipoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine magnoliifolia (Urb. & Ekman) Alain	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine maguireana Pipoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine manglilla (Dombey ex Lam.) R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine matensis (Mez) Otegui	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine maximowiczii (Koidz.) E. Walker	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine mccomishii (Sprague) Jackes	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine meziana (H. Lév.) Wilbur	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine microdonta Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine mindanaensis (Elmer) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine minima (Steyerm.) Pipoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine minutiflora Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine multibracteata (Merr.) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine myrtillina (Mez) Jackes	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine nitida (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine oblongibacca (Merr.) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine obovata (J.W. Moore) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine oligophylla Zahlbr.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine orohenensis (J.W. Moore) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine palauensis (Mez) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine paramensis (Cuatrec.) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine parvifolia A. DC.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine parvula (Mez) Otegui	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine pearcei (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine pellucida (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine pellucidopunctata Oerst.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine penibukana (Philipson) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine pentandra (Sol.) R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine peregrina (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine picturata Pipoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine pseudocrenata (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine punctata (H. Lév.) Wilbur	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine raiateensis (J.W. Moore) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine ralstoniae (P.S. Greene) Jackes	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine rapensis (F. Br.) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine resinosa (A.C.Sm.) Pipoly	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Myrsine reynelii Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine rivularis (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine robusta (Mez) Wadhwa	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine rockii (O. Deg. & Hosaka) Hosaka	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine ronuiensis (M.L. Grant) Fosberg & Sachet	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine salignifolia (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.) DC.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine seguinii H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine semiserrata Wall.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine sessiliflora (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine sodiroana (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine sprucei (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine stolonifera (Koidz.) E. Walker	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine thwaitesii (Mez) Wadhwa	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine umbellata Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine venosa A. DC.	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine verruculosa (C.Y. Wu & C. Chen) Pipoly & C. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine wawraea (Mez) Hosaka	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine weberbaueri (Mez) Pipoly	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine wettsteinii (Mez) Otegui	Accepted		TRO
Myrsine youngii Pipoly	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 380 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Myrsine. Of these 104 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 20 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Myrsine. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 380 species names for the genus Myrsine recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	104	27.4%
◕	Synonym	157	41.3%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.3%
◕	Unassessed	118	31.1%

All names

The status of the 400 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Myrsine recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	109	27.3%
◕	Synonym	171	42.8%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.3%
◕	Unassessed	119	29.8%

The confidence with which the status of the 380 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Myrsine, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	99	143	0	0	242	63.7%
	Low confidence	5	14	1	118	138	36.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Myrsine, are as follows: