Myrtus communis L.

Taxonomy

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Myrtus

Species

communis

English name

Myrtle

Italian name

Mirto comune

Distribution

Europe, Africa, Asia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and North America.

Chorological type

Steno-Medit.

Habitat

It grows in any soil of Mediterranean bush. Frequently on the coasts, fixed dunes, garrigues and bushes (0 - 500 m)

Flowering time

VI - VII

Nectar

+++ ?

Pollen

+++

Pollen colour

Grey

Pollinators

Andrenidae Halictidae Apis mellifera Bombus

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES:
Pignatti S. - Flora d’Italia (3 voll.) - Edagricole - 1982
Reader’s digest encyclopaedia of garden plants and flowers - Reader’s Digest - Milano - 1988
Ricciardelli D’Albore G., Intoppa F. - Fiori e api - Edagricole - 2000 - www.bombus.it/pdf/ fiori_e_api/fiori_e_api.pdf
Ricciardelli D’Albore G., Atlas of world unifloral honeys - Fai Apicoltura - 2019
Simonetti G., Frilli F., Barbattini R., Iob M. - Flora di interesse apistico - Appendice a APICOLTURA Numero 5 - 1989
The European Garden Flora - Cambridge University Press Vol VI - 2000
The European Garden Flora - Cambridge University Press Vol I - II - III - IV - V 56- 1980
The Plant List - www.theplantlist.org
Acta Plantarum - The Italian Flora - www.actaplantarum.org/
Discover life, global map - www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?act=make_map
CABI, Invasive Species Compendium - www.cabi.org/isc/search/index?q=
Plants For A Future - www.pfaf.org/
Atlas of livig in Australia - www.ala.org.au/
USDA Plants Database - plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
Flora of Australia Online - www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/main-query-styles.html
Florabeilles (INRA) - www.florabeilles.org
Floridata - floridata.com/home
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe - www.europe-aliens.org/default.do
Worldfloraonline, An Online Flora of All Known Plants - www.worldfloraonline.org/