| Myrcia | |
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| Myrcia rostrata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Myrteae |
| Genus: | Myrcia DC.1 |
| Type species | |
| Myrcia bracteolaris23 (Poir.) DC.
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| Synonyms14 | |
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Myrcia is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae, containing about 794 species as of 2025.45 They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Forests ecoregions.64 Myrcia was first described as a genus in 1827.73
Selected species
- 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
- Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel (as M. jaboticaba Baill.)8
References
References
- "Genus: Myrcia DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 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 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. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
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