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 plants in the family Myrtaceae, containing about 765 species as of 2022.[4][5] They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Forests ecoregions.[6][4] Myrcia was first described as a genus in 1827.[7][3]
Selected species
[edit]- Myrcia acutissima Urb.
- Myrcia adunca Z.Acosta & K.Samra
- Myrcia albobrunnea
- Myrcia albo-tomentosa DC.
- Myrcia almasensis
- Myrcia arenicola Urb.
- Myrcia bella Cambess.
- Myrcia brevispicata McVaugh
- Myrcia calcicola
- Myrcia citrifolia (Aubl.) Urban - Red rodwood
- Myrcia crassa Sobral
- Myrcia crassimarginata
- Myrcia crebra McVaugh
- Myrcia densiflora Poepp.ex Berg
- Myrcia ehrenbergiana (O.Berg) McVaugh
- Myrcia fasciata
- Myrcia floridissima Sobral
- Myrcia flavoviridis (Urb.) Z.Acosta & K.Samra
- Myrcia formosiana DC.
- Myrcia fosteri
- Myrcia grandiflora
- Myrcia guianensis
- Myrcia hanoverensis K.Campbell & Commock
- Myrcia laruotheana Cambess.
- Myrcia lasiantha DC.
- Myrcia lineata
- Myrcia luquillensis (Alain) E.Lucas & A.R.Lourenço
- Myrcia maestrensis (Urb.) Alain
- Myrcia magnifolia (O.Berg) Kiaersk.
- Myrcia manacalensis Urb.
- Myrcia margarettae (Alain) Alain
- Myrcia mucugensis Sobral
- Myrcia multiflora (Lam.) DC.
- Myrcia neocapitata K.Campbell & E.Lucas
- Myrcia neoelegans K.Campbell & K.Samra
- Myrcia neokiaerskovii E.Lucas & K.Samra
- Myrcia neothomasiana A.R.Lourenço & E.Lucas
- Myrcia nodosa (Urb.) K.Campbell & K.Samra
- Myrcia paganii
- Myrcia pallens DC.
- Myrcia peduncularis (Alain) E.Lucas & Acev.-Rodr.
- Myrcia pendula Sobral
- Myrcia pentagona
- Myrcia polyneura (Urb.) Borhidi
- Myrcia portoricensis (Britton) Cedeño-Mald. & Breckon ex F.S.Axelrod
- Myrcia pozasiana (Urb.) Z.Acosta & K.Samra
- Myrcia proctorii (Acev.-Rodr.) Acev.-Rodr. & K.Campbell
- Myrcia pseudomarlierea Sobral
- Myrcia pseudospectabilis Sobral
- Myrcia rostrata DC.
- Myrcia sessilis (McVaugh) A.R.Lourenço & Parra-Os.
- Myrcia simulata (McVaugh) A.R.Lourenço & Parra-Os.
- †Myrcia skeldingii
- Myrcia sphaerocarpa DC.
- Myrcia speciosa
- Myrcia tetraphylla Sobral
- Myrcia tomentosa DC.
- Myrcia uberavensis O.Berg
- Myrcia umbelliformis (Krug & Urb.) K.Campbell & K.Samra
- Myrcia uniflora
- Myrcia venulosa DC.
- Myrcia wilsonii (Griseb.) K.Campbell & K.Samra
Formerly placed here
[edit]- Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel (as M. jaboticaba Baill.)[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Genus: Myrcia DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-07-01. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ lectotype designated by McVaugh, R. 1956. Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families. Taxon 5: 143.
- ^ a b Tropicos, Myrcia DC.
- ^ a b c "Myrcia DC. ex Guill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lucas, Eve J.; Matsumoto, Kazue; Harris, Stephen A.; Nic Lughadha, Eimear M.; Benardini, Benedetta; Chase, Mark W. (2011). "Phylogenetics, Morphology, and Evolution of the Large Genus Myrcia s.l. (Myrtaceae)". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 172 (7): 915–934. doi:10.1086/660913. S2CID 84250687.
- ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1827. Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle 11: 406
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Myrcia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
External links
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Data related to Myrcia at Wikispecies
Media related to Myrcia at Wikimedia Commons
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