Myrtaceae

• “These forests are rich in species of Leguminosae, Myrtaceae, Lauraceae, and Rutaceae.”

  Parañá-Paraíba interior forests

• “Along the clearwater Tapajós River, the white-sand igapó forest is predominant with members of the Myrtaceae family and Triplaris surinamensis, Piranhea trifoliata, Copaifera martii, and Alchornea castaneaefolia.”

  Tapajós-Xingu moist forests

• “These forests are rich in species of Leguminosae, Myrtaceae, Lauraceae and Ruraceae.”

  Parañá-Paraíba interior forests

• “The allspice tree, Pimenta dioica family Myrtaceae, an aromatic tree native to the Caribbean, southern Mexico, and Central America that has large leathery leaves and brown berries.”

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• “The annually flooded riverine forests are similar in both physiognomy and composition to the flooded forests of Amazonia with Amazonian families of Lauraceae, Magnoliaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Rubiaceae and Myrtaceae (Daly & Mitchell, 2000).”

  Canaima National Park, Venezuela

• “Jambul Syzygium cumini is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae, native to Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Indonesia.”

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• “Myrtaceae are also important in the lower montane forests.”

  Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests

• “Species of the Australian Myrtaceae and Casuarinaceae families predominate, and conifers such as Agathis, Podocarpus, and Dacrydium are abundant.”

  Sundaland heath forests

• “In Kalimantan, the dominant trees are Dipterocarpaceae (Shorea and Hopea spp.), Myrtaceae, Gonystlus spp.,”

  Sundaland heath forests

• “The upper montane forest is characterized by conifers (pines and related trees), particularly by the Ericaceae (Rhododendron, Vaccinium) and Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus, Melaleuca) families.”

  Sumatran montane rain forests

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