Myrcia
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]
| Myrcia | |
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| Myrcia rostrata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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. | |
| Synonyms[1][4] | |
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Selected species
- Myrcia albobrunnea
- Myrcia albo-tomentosa DC.
- Myrcia almasensis
- Myrcia bella Cambess.
- Myrcia calcicola
- Myrcia citrifolia (Aubl.) Urban - Red rodwood
- Myrcia crassa Sobral
- Myrcia crassimarginata
- Myrcia ehrenbergiana (O.Berg) McVaugh
- Myrcia fasciata
- Myrcia floridissima Sobral
- Myrcia formosiana DC.
- Myrcia fosteri
- Myrcia grandiflora
- Myrcia guianensis
- Myrcia laruotheana Cambess.
- Myrcia lasiantha DC.
- Myrcia lineata
- Myrcia maestrensis (Urb.) Alain
- Myrcia magnifolia (O.Berg) Kiaersk.
- Myrcia manacalensis Urb.
- Myrcia margarettae (Alain) Alain
- Myrcia mucugensis Sobral
- Myrcia multiflora (Lam.) DC.
- Myrcia paganii
- Myrcia pallens DC.
- Myrcia pendula Sobral
- Myrcia pentagona
- Myrcia pseudomarlierea Sobral
- Myrcia pseudospectabilis Sobral
- Myrcia rostrata DC.
- †Myrcia skeldingii
- Myrcia sphaerocarpa DC.
- Myrcia speciosa
- Myrcia tetraphylla Sobral
- Myrcia tomentosa DC.
- Myrcia uberavensis O.Berg
- Myrcia uniflora
- Myrcia venulosa DC.
Formerly placed here
- Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel (as M. jaboticaba Baill.)[8]
References
- "Genus: Myrcia DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- lectotype designated by McVaugh, R. 1956. Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families. Taxon 5: 143.
- 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.
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