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Somatic embryogenesis in myrtaceous plants

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The Myrtaceae is a large family that includes about 3.000 species distributed by over 100 genera (Heywood, 1993; Paiva, 1997). Most species are concentrated in the South hemisphere, specially in tropical and subtropical regions of Australia, South and Central America and Southeast Asia (Heywood, 1993). A few species can be found in Southern Europe and North Africa, surrounding the Mediterranean sea. Eugenia and Eucalyptus are the genera including the highest number of species, whereas Myrtus communis is the only species native to Europe. Some species of Eucalyptus (e.g. E. citriodora, E. globulus) were introduced in several regions of Europe (Paiva, 1997). Meanwhile, they became the dominant species in some areas of Portugal and Spain (Mcvaugh, 1963).

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Canhoto, J.M., Lopes, M.L., Cruz, G.S. (1999). Somatic embryogenesis in myrtaceous plants. In: Jain, S.M., Gupta, P.K., Newton, R.J. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3032-7_12

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