Myrtaceae Juss.
mir-TAY-see-ee
OR
mir-TAY-see-eye
The Myrtaceae Family was named and described by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in Genera Plantarum in 1789.
Plants of the World Online lists 130 accepted genera in this family commonly known as the myrtle family.
For more information about this family of plants, please click on the links below. The links take you directly to the information about the family.