Myrtle is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae).
Plants called "myrtle" include:
Myrtaceae
- Myrtaceae, the myrtle family
- Myrtus, myrtle, genus native to Europe and north Africa
- Myrtus communis, common, European, or true myrtle, cultivated worldwide
- Myrtus nivellei, Saharan myrtle
- Luma apiculata, Chilean myrtle
- Ugni molinae, Strawberry myrtle, native to Chile
Non-Australian natives, not in Myrtaceae
Australian/Asian natives, many not in Myrtaceae
- Family Ebenaceae
- Diospyros pentamera, black myrtle
- Family Fabaceae
- Acacia myrtifolia, myrtle wattle
- Family Myrtaceae
- Agonis flexuosa, willow myrtle
- Archirhodomyrtus beckleri, rose myrtle
- Backhousia angustifolia, curry myrtle
- Backhousia citriodora, lemon myrtle, sweet verbena myrtle
- Backhousia myrtifolia, cinnamon myrtle, grey myrtle
- Choricarpia leptopetala, brown myrtle
- Hypocalymma angustifolium, white myrtle
- Leptospermum scoparium, manuka myrtle
- Melaleuca armillaris, bracelet honey myrtle
- Melaleuca radula, graceful honey myrtle
- Syzygium anisatum, aniseed myrtle
- Family Nothofagaceae
- Nothofagus cunninghamii, myrtle beech
- Family Pittosporaceae
- Auranticarpa rhombifolia, white myrtle
- Family Proteaceae
- Hakea myrtoides, myrtle hakea
- Family Scrophulariaceae
- Myoporum parvifolium, dwarf native myrtle
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