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Myrsineae (Order of trees shrubs)

An order of trees, shrubs, or sub-shrubs, of variable habit, principally inhabiting the tropical parts of Asia and America; they are rare beyond the tropics, at the Cape of Good Hope, in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the Canaries. Flowers white or pink, rarely yellow, purplish, or golden, usually small; inflorescence cymose, umbellate, fasciculate, racemose, or paniculate. Leaves alternate or scattered, very rarely opposite, sometimes sub-verticillate, entire, dentate or rarely serrate, and, for the most part, gland-dotted. The order contains about twenty-three genera and 500 species. Illustrative genera are: AEgiceras, Jacquinea, Myrsine, and Theophrasta.