Myrcia zuzygium (Linnaeus) A.R. Lourenço & E. Lucas. Common name: Myrtle-of-the-river. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Rockland hammocks. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Lourenço et al (2018); = Calyptranthes zuzygium (L.) Sw. — Bah, Fl4, FNA10, S, SFla, WH3, WI, Wilson (1960c); = Myrcia chytraculia (L.) A.R.Lourenço & E.Lucas var. zuzygium (L.) G.P.Burton & E.Lucas — Burton et al (2022), Burton, Campbell, & Lucas (2021); Myrtus zuzygium Linnaeus. Basionym: Myrtus zuzygium L. 1759
Links to other floras: = Calyptranthes zuzygium - FNA10
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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