List of plants known as myrtle
Myrtle is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the myrtle family.
Plants called "myrtle" include:- 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
- Family Cyrillaceae
- *Cyrilla racemiflora, myrtle
- Family Lauraceae
- *Umbellularia californica, Oregon myrtle
- Family Myricaceae
- *Myrica, wax myrtle, bayberry
- Family Lythraceae
- *Lagerstroemia, crepe myrtle
- Family Apocynaceae
- *Vinca minor, creeping myrtle
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
