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''Luma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1853.〔(Gray, Asa. 1853. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 52–53 ) description in Latin, commentary in English〕〔(Tropicos, ''Luma'' A. Gray )〕 It is native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests of Chile and Argentina.〔(Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families )〕 They are shrubs or small trees with evergreen foliage and smooth red or orange bark, typically reaching tall and up to in trunk diameter. The leaves are opposite, oval, 1–5 cm long and 0.5–3 cm broad, entire, glossy dark green, with a spicy scent if crushed. The flowers are 2 cm diameter with four white petals and numerous stamens; the fruit is a small purple or black berry 1 cm diameter. The genus name derives from the Mapuche (Native American) name for a related species, ''Amomyrtus luma''. ;Species〔 # ''Luma apiculata'' (DC.) Burret, Notizbl. - (Chilean myrtle, known in Spanish as Arrayán or Temu) - S Chile, S Argentina; naturalized in Alpine County in California # ''Luma chequen'' (Molina) A.Gray - (Chequén or Huillipeta) - central Chile; naturalized in Peru + Bolivia ;formerly included〔〔Burret, (Maximilian) Karl Ewald. 1941. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 15: 518-542〕 A long list of over 100 other names have been proposed in the genus, nearly all of them now regarded as members of other genera: ''Blepharocalyx, Eugenia, Myrceugenia,'' etc. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luma (plant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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