Myrcia
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| Myrcia | |
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| Myrcia rostrata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Myrteae |
| Genus: | Myrcia DC.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Myrcia bracteolaris[2][3] (Poir.) DC.
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| Synonyms[1][4] | |
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Myrcia is a genus of the flowering plant family Myrtaceae described as a genus with this name in 1827.[5][3] As of 2015 it contains about 770 species.[6] They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies.[7]
Selected species[]
- Myrcia albobrunnea
- DC.
- Myrcia almasensis
- Cambess.
- Myrcia calcicola
- (Aubl.) Urban - Red rodwood
- Myrcia crassa Sobral
- Myrcia crassimarginata
- (O.Berg) McVaugh
- Myrcia fasciata
- Myrcia floridissima Sobral
- DC.
- Myrcia fosteri
- Myrcia grandiflora
- Myrcia guianensis
- Cambess.
- DC.
- Myrcia lineata
- Myrcia maestrensis (Urb.) Alain
- Myrcia magnifolia (O.Berg) Kiaersk.
- Myrcia manacalensis Urb.
- Myrcia margarettae (Alain) Alain
- Myrcia mucugensis Sobral
- (Lam.) DC.
- Myrcia paganii
- Myrcia pallens DC.
- Myrcia pendula Sobral
- Myrcia pentagona
- Myrcia pseudomarlierea Sobral
- Myrcia pseudospectabilis Sobral
- DC.
- †Myrcia skeldingii
- Myrcia sphaerocarpa DC.
- Myrcia tetraphylla Sobral
- DC.
- O.Berg
- DC.
Formerly placed here[]
- Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel (as M. jaboticaba Baill.)[8]
References[]
- ^ a b "Genus: Myrcia DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2012-08-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ lectotype designated by McVaugh, R. 1956. Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families. Taxon 5: 143.
- ^ a b Tropicos, Myrcia DC.
- ^ "Myrcia DC. ex Guill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1827. Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle 11: 406
- ^ Amorim, B. S., Maciel, J. R., & Alves, M. (2015). New geographical records of Myrcia s.l. (Myrteae, Myrtaceae) from South America, with a focus on Brazilian taxa. Check List, 11(2), 1592.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Myrcia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-08-23.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
Data related to Myrcia at Wikispecies
Media related to Myrcia at Wikimedia Commons
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