Biology:Myrcia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae
| 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
Formerly placed here
- Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel (as M. jaboticaba Baill.)[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Myrcia DC.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-07-01. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7905.
- ↑ lectotype designated by McVaugh, R. 1956. Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families. Taxon 5: 143.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tropicos, Myrcia DC.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Myrcia DC. ex Guill." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/30001220-2.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7905.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3004081 entry
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