# Myrcia

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family}}
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| image = Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Myrcia rostrata.jpg
| image_caption = ''Myrcia rostrata''
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Myrcia
| authority = [DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)<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](/source/genus) of plants in the family [Myrtaceae](/source/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](/source/Cerrado) and [Atlantic Forest](/source/Atlantic_Forest)s 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}}
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* ''[Myrcia acutissima](/source/Myrcia_acutissima)'' <small>Urb.</small>
* ''[Myrcia adunca](/source/Myrcia_adunca)'' <small>Z.Acosta & K.Samra</small>
* ''[Myrcia albobrunnea](/source/Myrcia_albobrunnea)''
* ''[Myrcia albo-tomentosa](/source/Myrcia_albo-tomentosa)'' <small>[DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Myrcia almasensis](/source/Myrcia_almasensis)''
* ''[Myrcia arenicola](/source/Myrcia_arenicola)'' <small>Urb.</small>
* ''[Myrcia bella](/source/Myrcia_bella)'' <small>[Cambess.](/source/Cambess.)</small>
* ''[Myrcia brevispicata](/source/Myrcia_brevispicata)'' <small>McVaugh</small>
* ''[Myrcia calcicola](/source/Myrcia_calcicola)''
* ''[Myrcia citrifolia](/source/Myrcia_citrifolia)'' <small>(Aubl.) Urban</small> - Red rodwood
* ''[Myrcia crassa](/source/Myrcia_crassa)'' <small>Sobral</small>
* ''[Myrcia crassimarginata](/source/Myrcia_crassimarginata)''
* ''[Myrcia crebra](/source/Myrcia_crebra)'' <small>McVaugh</small>
* ''[Myrcia densiflora](/source/Myrcia_densiflora)'' <small>Poepp.ex Berg</small>
* ''[Myrcia ehrenbergiana](/source/Myrcia_ehrenbergiana)'' <small>([O.Berg](/source/O.Berg)) [McVaugh](/source/McVaugh)</small>
* ''[Myrcia fasciata](/source/Myrcia_fasciata)''
* ''[Myrcia floridissima](/source/Myrcia_floridissima)'' <small>Sobral</small>
* ''[Myrcia flavoviridis](/source/Myrcia_flavoviridis)'' <small>(Urb.) Z.Acosta & K.Samra</small>
* ''[Myrcia formosiana](/source/Myrcia_formosiana)'' <small>[DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Myrcia fosteri](/source/Myrcia_fosteri)''
* ''[Myrcia grandiflora](/source/Myrcia_grandiflora)''
* ''[Myrcia guianensis](/source/Myrcia_guianensis)''
* ''[Myrcia hanoverensis](/source/Myrcia_hanoverensis)'' <small>K.Campbell & Commock</small>
* ''[Myrcia laruotheana](/source/Myrcia_laruotheana)'' <small>[Cambess.](/source/Cambess.)</small>
* ''[Myrcia lasiantha](/source/Myrcia_lasiantha)'' <small>[DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Myrcia lineata](/source/Myrcia_lineata)''
* ''[Myrcia luquillensis](/source/Myrcia_luquillensis)'' <small>(Alain) E.Lucas & A.R.Lourenço</small>
* ''[Myrcia maestrensis](/source/Myrcia_maestrensis)'' <small>(Urb.) Alain</small>
* ''[Myrcia magnifolia](/source/Myrcia_magnifolia)'' <small>(O.Berg) Kiaersk.</small>
* ''[Myrcia manacalensis](/source/Myrcia_manacalensis)'' <small>Urb.</small>
* ''[Myrcia margarettae](/source/Myrcia_margarettae)'' <small>(Alain) Alain</small>
* ''[Myrcia mucugensis](/source/Myrcia_mucugensis)'' <small>Sobral</small>
* ''[Myrcia multiflora](/source/Myrcia_multiflora)'' <small>([Lam.](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck)) [DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)</small><!-- Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria 28(4): 277 -->
* ''[Myrcia neocapitata](/source/Myrcia_neocapitata)'' <small>K.Campbell & E.Lucas</small>
* ''[Myrcia neoelegans](/source/Myrcia_neoelegans)'' <small>K.Campbell & K.Samra</small>
* ''[Myrcia neokiaerskovii](/source/Myrcia_neokiaerskovii)'' <small>E.Lucas & K.Samra</small>
* ''[Myrcia neothomasiana](/source/Myrcia_neothomasiana)'' <small>A.R.Lourenço & E.Lucas</small>
* ''[Myrcia nodosa](/source/Myrcia_nodosa)'' <small>(Urb.) K.Campbell & K.Samra</small>
* ''[Myrcia paganii](/source/Myrcia_paganii)''
* ''[Myrcia pallens](/source/Myrcia_pallens)'' <small>[DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Myrcia peduncularis](/source/Myrcia_peduncularis)'' <small>(Alain) E.Lucas & Acev.-Rodr.</small>
* ''[Myrcia pendula](/source/Myrcia_pendula)'' <small>Sobral</small>
* ''[Myrcia pentagona](/source/Myrcia_pentagona)''
* ''[Myrcia polyneura](/source/Myrcia_polyneura)'' <small>(Urb.) Borhidi</small>
* ''[Myrcia portoricensis](/source/Myrcia_portoricensis)'' <small>(Britton) Cedeño-Mald. & Breckon ex F.S.Axelrod</small>
* ''[Myrcia pozasiana](/source/Myrcia_pozasiana)'' <small>(Urb.) Z.Acosta & K.Samra</small>
* ''[Myrcia proctorii](/source/Myrcia_proctorii)'' <small>(Acev.-Rodr.) Acev.-Rodr. & K.Campbell</small>
* ''[Myrcia pseudomarlierea](/source/Myrcia_pseudomarlierea)'' <small>Sobral</small>
* ''[Myrcia pseudospectabilis](/source/Myrcia_pseudospectabilis)'' <small>Sobral</small>
* ''[Myrcia rostrata](/source/Myrcia_rostrata)'' <small>[DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Myrcia sessilis](/source/Myrcia_sessilis)'' <small>(McVaugh) A.R.Lourenço & Parra-Os.</small>
* ''[Myrcia simulata](/source/Myrcia_simulata)'' <small>(McVaugh) A.R.Lourenço & Parra-Os.</small>
* †''[Myrcia skeldingii](/source/Myrcia_skeldingii)''
* ''[Myrcia sphaerocarpa](/source/Myrcia_sphaerocarpa)'' <small>[DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Myrcia speciosa](/source/Myrcia_speciosa)''
* ''[Myrcia tetraphylla](/source/Myrcia_tetraphylla)'' <small>Sobral</small>
* ''[Myrcia tomentosa](/source/Myrcia_tomentosa)'' <small>[DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Myrcia uberavensis](/source/Myrcia_uberavensis)'' <small>[O.Berg](/source/O.Berg)</small>
* ''[Myrcia umbelliformis](/source/Myrcia_umbelliformis)'' <small>(Krug & Urb.) K.Campbell & K.Samra</small>
* ''[Myrcia uniflora](/source/Myrcia_uniflora)''
* ''[Myrcia venulosa](/source/Myrcia_venulosa)'' <small>[DC.](/source/A._P._de_Candolle)</small>
* ''[Myrcia wilsonii](/source/Myrcia_wilsonii)'' <small>(Griseb.) K.Campbell & K.Samra</small>
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===Formerly placed here===
* ''[Plinia cauliflora](/source/Plinia_cauliflora)'' <small>(Mart.) Kausel</small> (as ''M. jaboticaba'' <small>Baill.</small>)<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''}}

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

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