Taxon: Myrtus communis L. subsp. communis

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See other conspecific taxa:

• Myrtus communis (no accessions)
• Myrtus communis var. microphylla (no accessions)
• Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina (no accessions)

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Yemen
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Malta
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Western Cape

• also cultivated

References:

• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. [as M. communis var. communis].
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2008. World checklist of Myrtaceae.

Synonyms:

• (=) Myrtus communis var. romana L.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Myrtus communis L. subsp. communis:

• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System

Check other databases for images:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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