''Mitranthes'' is a formerly accepted genus 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, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...

. It was described as a genus in 1856.Tropicos, ''Mitranthes'' O.Berg
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as a synonym of the genus ''

Psidium ''Psidium'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (Mexico, Central and South America, the West Indies the Galápagos islands). Taxonomy This genus was described first by ...

'', although many of its former species have been moved to the genus ''

Myrcia ''Myrcia'' is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae, containing about 765 species as of 2022. They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Forest ...

''. Former species include: * ''Mitranthes clarendonensis'' (Proctor) Proctor → '' Myrcia clarendonensis'' * ''Mitranthes macrophylla'' Proctor → '' Myrcia asperorum'' * ''Mitranthes nivea'' Proctor → '' Myrcia chionantha''

References

Historically recognized angiosperm genera Myrtaceae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Myrtaceae-stub