Family Myrtaceae Statistics Number of species in the World Number of species in Chile Number of endemic species in Chile Number of endemic taxa in Chile5500261819 Distribution A mostly tropical family distributed throughout central and South America, central and southern Africa, India, south-east Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Genera which contain endemic taxa in Myrtaceae Amomyrtus Blepharocalyx Legrandia Luma Myrceugenia Myrcianthes Nothomyrcia Ugni