''Eugenia capensis'', the dune myrtle, is a species of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
in the family
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pÅhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...
, which is native to East and southern Africa.
Subspecies
The subspecies are:
[
* ''E. capensis'' subsp. ''albanensis'' (Sond.) F.White
* ''E. capensis'' subsp. ''capensis''
* ''E. capensis'' subsp. ''gueinzii'' (Sond.) F.White
* ''E. capensis'' subsp. ''natalitia'' (Sond.) F.White
* ''E. capensis'' subsp. ''nyassensis'' (Engl.) F.White
* ''E. capensis'' subsp. ''simii'' (Dummer) F.White
* ''E. capensis'' subsp. ''zeyheri'' (Harv.) F.White
]
References
Further reading
*
Flora of South Africa
capensis
Geoxyles
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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