Myrcia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Myrcia rostrata.jpg | image_caption = ''Myrcia rostrata'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Myrcia | authority = DC.<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7905 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212232933/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7905 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |title=Genus: ''Myrcia'' DC. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2011-07-01 |access-date=2012-08-23 }}</ref> | type_species= ''Myrcia bracteolaris''<ref>lectotype designated by McVaugh, R. 1956. Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families. ''Taxon'' 5: 143.</ref><ref name=i/> | type_species_authority =(Poir.) DC. | synonyms = *''Aguava'' {{small|Raf.}} *''Atomostigma'' {{small|Kuntze}} *''Aulomyrcia'' {{small|O.Berg}} *''Calycampe'' {{small|O.Berg}} *''Calyptranthes'' {{small|Sw.}} *''Calyptromyrcia'' {{small|O.Berg}} *''Cerqueiria'' {{small|O.Berg}} *''Chytraculia'' {{small|P.Browne}} *''Chytralia'' {{small|Adans.}} *''Cumetea'' {{small|Raf.}} *''Eugeniopsis'' {{small|O.Berg}} *''Gomidesia'' {{small|O.Berg}} *''Krugia'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Marlierea'' {{small|Cambess.}} *''Mozartia'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Suzygium'' {{small|P.Browne}} *''Wilbrandia'' {{small|C.Presl}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name="GRIN"/><ref name="POWO_30001220-2" /> }}

'''''Myrcia''''' is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae, containing about 794 species as of 2025.<ref name="POWO_30001220-2" >{{cite POWO |id=30001220-2 |title=''Myrcia'' DC. ex Guill. |access-date=24 August 2022 }}</ref><ref>Amorim, B. S., Maciel, J. R., & Alves, M. (2015). [http://www.biotaxa.org/cl/article/view/11.2.1592 New geographical records of ''Myrcia'' ''s.l.'' (Myrteae, Myrtaceae) from South America, with a focus on Brazilian taxa.] ''Check List'', 11(2), 1592.</ref> They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Forests ecoregions.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Phylogenetics, Morphology, and Evolution of the Large Genus ''Myrcia'' s.l. (Myrtaceae) |year=2011 |last1=Lucas |first1=Eve J. |last2=Matsumoto |first2=Kazue |last3=Harris |first3=Stephen A. |last4=Nic Lughadha |first4=Eimear M. |last5=Benardini |first5=Benedetta |last6=Chase |first6=Mark W. |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=172 |issue=7 |pages=915–934 |doi=10.1086/660913 |s2cid=84250687 }}</ref><ref name="POWO_30001220-2" /> ''Myrcia'' was first described as a genus in 1827.<ref>Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1827. Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle 11: 406</ref><ref name=i>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024268 Tropicos, ''Myrcia'' DC.]</ref>

==Selected species== {{Main|List of Myrcia species|l1=List of ''Myrcia'' species}} {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''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.)<ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7905 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211210346/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7905 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2012 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Myrcia'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=2012-08-23 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links==

* {{Wikispecies-inline|Myrcia|''Myrcia''}} * {{Commons category-inline|Myrcia|''Myrcia''}}

Category:Myrcia Category:Myrtaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm