Blepharocalyx is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1854.Berg, Otto Karl. 1854. Linnaea 27: 348, 412-415 in LatinTropicos, Blepharocalyx O.Berg It is native to South America and the West Indies.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, BlepharocalyxGovaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroLandrum, L. R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 45: 1–178.Landrum, L. R. & M. L. Kawasaki. 1997. The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49(4): 508–536.McVaugh, R. 1989. Myrtaceae. In: Dicotyledoneae - Part 2. Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands 5: 463–532.
Accepted species 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
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