Myrtella

Myrtella is a genus of plants in the Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1877. It is native to New Guinea and to some islands of the western Pacific.


 * Accepted species
 * 1) Myrtella beccarii F.Muell. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
 * 2) Myrtella bennigseniana (Volkens) Diels - New Guinea, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands

now classified in other genera: Kania, Lithomyrtus, Uromyrtus
 * Formerly included
 * 1) Myrtella cordata - Lithomyrtus cordata
 * 2) Myrtella hirsutula - Kania hirsutula
 * 3) Myrtella microphylla - Lithomyrtus microphylla
 * 4) Myrtella obtusa - Lithomyrtus obtusa
 * 5) Myrtella phebalioides - Lithomyrtus retusa
 * 6) Myrtella retusa - Lithomyrtus retusa
 * 7) Myrtella rostrata - Uromyrtus rostrata