Orites myrtoideus (Poepp. & Endl.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Engl. belongs to the Proteaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Family
Proteaceae
Genus
Orites
Specific Epithet
myrtoideus
Authorship
(Poepp. & Endl.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Engl.
2/17/2013
Location
Chile, Bio Bio, Bio Bio
-37.313333, -71.589444
Location Remarks
Comuna Tucapel, 12.1 km E of Polcura along road to El Abanico, 4.3 km W of Puente Polcura; moss and lichen covered rock outcrops and edge of low forest with Quillaja dominant. 647 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Shrub 1.5 m tall, fruits green to tan