Nutmeg family : MYRISTICACEAE (MAGNOLIIDAE) in Australia

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Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@outlook.com)
&
Christine Ashe
 
Plants in Australia Plant
Classes

Myristica fragrans
Commercial Nutmeg
photo: courtesy of Kevin Espiritu
    
Australian species in this family:

  • Horsfieldia australiana
  • Myristica ampliata
  • Myristica globosa
  • Myristica insipida
  • Myristica lancifolia

    • We know of no caterpillars of Butterflies and Moths in Australia that attack plants in MYRISTICACEAE.

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    Australian caterpillars
    Lepidoptera
    Australian
    Australian Moths
    moths

    (updated 4 January 2013, 23 April 2017, 7 September 2020)