The genus that is closely related to Rapanea has twenty more species than another genus. The other genus is where Benzoin (resin) belongs.
 It contains about 200 species, including several notable radiations, such as the matipo of New Zealand and the klea of Hawai i (the New Zealand "black matipo", "Pittosporum tenuifolium", is not related to "Myrsine"). 
Storax or snowbell is the common names of Styrax, a genus of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees in the family Styracaceae, mostly native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the majority in eastern and southeastern Asia, but also crossing the equator in South America. 
 It has often been placed in synonymy with "Myrsine", and many species have been moved to "Myrsine". 
Benzoin or benjamin is a balsamic resin obtained from the bark of several species of trees in the genus "Styrax". 
