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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa
Flora 25(2,Beibl.): 35. 1842.
Common names: Rose myrtle
Basionym: Myrtus tomentosa Aiton Hort. Kew 2: 159. 1789
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.
Revision as of 11:33, 9 May 2022 by imported>Volume Importer
Distribution
Introduced; Florida, s, se Asia, Pacific Islands (Hawaii, Philippines).
Discussion
Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).
A. J. Scott (1978c) assigned escaped Florida populations to var. tomentosa from southeast Asia to the Philippines; var. parviflora Craib occurs in India and Sri Lanka.
Selected References
None.