Blepharocalyx
Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae
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Blepharocalyx is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1854.[5][3] It is native to South America and the West Indies.[4][6][7][8][9][10]
- Accepted species[4]
- Blepharocalyx cruckshanksii (Hook. & Arn.) Nied. - Chile
- Blepharocalyx eggersii (Kiaerskou) L.R.Landrum - Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Brazil
- Blepharocalyx myriophyllus Mattos - Minas Gerais
- Blepharocalyx salicifolius (Kunth.) O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
| Blepharocalyx | |
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| Blepharocalyx gigantea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Myrteae |
| Genus: | Blepharocalyx O.Berg |
| Type species | |
| Blepharocalyx acuminatissimus (syn of B. salicifolius)[1] | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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