{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Good Xanthomyrtus flavida Thanks!.jpg |image_caption = ''Xanthomyrtus flavida'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Xanthomyrtus |authority = Diels }}
'''Xanthomyrtus''' is a group of shrubs and trees in the botanical family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1922.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/194222#page/369/mode/1up Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1922. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 57: 362-367] descriptions in Latin, comments and geographic information in German</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027002 Tropicos, ''Xanthomyrtus'' Diels]</ref> It is found in Borneo, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and New Caledonia.<ref name=c>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=214974 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Govaerts, 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.</ref>
They are mostly montane shrubs or trees, sometimes epiphytic. Flowers are yellow, usually 5-merous, in 3-flowered, axillary and terminal peduncles.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Scott|first=A.J.|year=1979|title=A Revision of Xanthomyrtus (Myrtaceae)|journal=Kew Bulletin|volume=33 |issue=3|pages=461–484|doi=10.2307/4110146 |jstor=4110146 |bibcode=1979KewBu..33..461S }}</ref> The fruit is a reddish, dark blue or black berry.<ref>Beaman, J.H. & Anderson, C. (2004). The Plants of Mount Kinabalu 5: 1-609. Natural history publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.</ref>
;species<ref name=c/> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''Xanthomyrtus angustifolia'' - Sulawesi, New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus arfakensis'' - W New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus bryophila'' - W New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus cardiophylla'' - W New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus compacta'' - New Guinea, Maluku # ''Xanthomyrtus diplycosiifolia'' - Philippines, Maluku # ''Xanthomyrtus flavida'' - Sulawesi, Borneo # ''Xanthomyrtus grandiflora'' - W New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus humilis'' - New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus kanalaensis'' - New Caledonia # ''Xanthomyrtus koebrensis'' - W New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus lanceolata'' - New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus leeuwenii'' - New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus montis-sucklingii'' - Papua New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus montivaga'' - New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus oreophila'' - W New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus ovata'' - New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus papuana'' - New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus polyclada'' - New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus schlechteri'' - New Guinea, Bismarck # ''Xanthomyrtus scolopacina'' - New Guinea # ''Xanthomyrtus splendens'' - Papua New Guinea }}
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Category:Myrtaceae genera Category:Myrtaceae Category:Flora of Malesia Category:Flora of Papuasia