Myrtus communis

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Myrtus communis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Myrtus
Species:	M. communis
Binomial name
Myrtus communis L.
Synonyms[1]
List Myrtus acuta Mill. Myrtus acutifolia (L.) Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus angustifolia Raf. nom. illeg. Myrtus augustini Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus aurantiifolia Grimwood nom. illeg. Myrtus baetica (L.) Mill. Myrtus baui Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus belgica (L.) Mill. Myrtus borbonis Sennen Myrtus briquetii (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus christinae (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus eusebii (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus gervasii (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus italica Mill. Myrtus josephi Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus lanceolata Raf. nom. illeg. Myrtus latifolia Raf. nom. illeg. Myrtus littoralis Salisb. Myrtus macrophylla J.St.-Hil. Myrtus major Garsault nom. inval. Myrtus media Hoffmanns. Myrtus microphylla J.St.-Hil. Myrtus minima Mill. Myrtus minor Garsault nom. inval. Myrtus mirifolia Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus oerstedeana O.Berg Myrtus petri-ludovici (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus rodesi Sennen & Teodoro Myrtus romana (L.) Hoffmanns. Myrtus romanifolia J.St.-Hil. Myrtus sparsifolia O.Berg Myrtus theodori Sennen Myrtus veneris Bubani Myrtus vidalii (Sennen & Teodoro) Sennen & Teodoro

Myrtus communis, the common myrtle or true myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It is an evergreen shrub native to southern Europe, North Africa, Western Asia, Macaronesia, and the Indian Subcontinent, and also cultivated.^[2]