''Myrica'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of about 35–50
species
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of small
tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...
s and
shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
s in the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Myricaceae
The Myricaceae are a small family of dicotyledonous shrubs and small trees in the order Fagales. There are three genera in the family, although some botanists separate many species from ''Myrica'' into a fourth genus ''Morella''. About 55 speci ...
,
order Fagales
The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best-known trees. The order name is derived from genus ''Fagus'', beeches. They belong among the rosid group of dicotyledons. The families and genera currently included are a ...
. The genus has a wide
distribution Distribution may refer to:
Mathematics
*Distribution (mathematics), generalized functions used to formulate solutions of partial differential equations
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, including
Africa
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,
Asia
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,
Europe
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,
North America
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and
South America
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, and missing only from
Australia
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. Some
botanist
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s split the genus into two genera on the basis of the
catkin
A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster (a spike), with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated (anemophilous) but sometimes insect-pollinated (as in ''Salix''). They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged cl ...
and
fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...
structure, restricting ''Myrica'' to a few species, and treating the others in ''Morella''.
[Valérie Huguet, Manolo Gouy, Philippe Normand, Jeff F. Zimpfer, and Maria P. Fernandez. 2005. "Molecular phylogeny of Myricaceae: a reexamination of host-symbiont specificity". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 34(3):557–568. ]
Common names include bayberry, bay-rum tree, candleberry, sweet gale, and wax-myrtle. The generic name was derived from the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
word μυρίκη (''myrike''), meaning "fragrance".
Characteristics
![Myrica faya fruit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Myrica_faya_fruit.jpg)
The species vary from 1m shrubs up to 20m trees; some are
deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...
, but the majority of species are
evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. This also pertains to plants that retain their foliage only in warm climates, and contrasts with deciduous plants, which ...
. The
root
In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the sur ...
s have
nitrogen-fixing
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular nitrogen (), with a strong triple covalent bond, in the air is converted into ammonia () or related nitrogenous compounds, typically in soil or aquatic systems but also in industry. Atmos ...
bacteria
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
which enable the plants to grow on soils that are very poor in
nitrogen
Nitrogen is the chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a nonmetal and the lightest member of group 15 of the periodic table, often called the pnictogens. It is a common element in the universe, estimated at se ...
content. The
leaves
A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
are spirally arranged, simple, 2–12 cm long,
oblanceolate
The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...
with a tapered base and broader tip, and a crinkled or finely toothed margin. The
flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechani ...
s are
catkin
A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster (a spike), with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated (anemophilous) but sometimes insect-pollinated (as in ''Salix''). They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged cl ...
s, with male and female catkins usually on separate plants (
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
). The
fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...
is a small
drupe
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or '' pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kernel'') ...
, usually with a
wax
Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures. They include higher alkanes and lipids, typically with melting points above about 40 °C (104 °F), melting to giv ...
coating.
The type species, ''
Myrica gale
''Myrica gale'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae, native to parts of Japan, North Korea, Russia, mainland Europe, the British Isles and parts of northern North America, in Canada and the United States. Common names include ...
'', is
holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...
in distribution, growing in
acid
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ic
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...
bogs throughout the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere; it is a deciduous shrub growing to 1m tall. The remaining species all have relatively small ranges, and are mostly warm-temperate.
''
Myrica faya
''Myrica faya'' (firetree, faya or haya; syn. ''Morella faya'' (Ait.) Wilbur) is a species of '' Myrica'', native to Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands), and possibly also western coastal mainland Portugal.
Description
It ...
'' (''Morella faya''), native to the
volcanic
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ...
islands of the
Azores
)
, motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace")
, anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores")
, image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg
, map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union
, map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...
,
Madeira
)
, anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira")
, song_type = Regional anthem
, image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg
, map_alt=Location of Madeira
, map_caption=Location of Madeira
, subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...
and the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
, has become an
invasive species
An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species ad ...
on the
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
an volcanoes
[Warren L. Wagner, Derral R. Herbst, and Sy H. Sohmer. ''Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii'', Revised Edition, 1999. Bishop Museum Press: Hololulu.] where it was introduced in the 19th century; its ability to
fix nitrogen makes it very well adapted to growing on low-nitrogen volcanic soils.
The wax coating on the fruit is indigestible for most
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
s, but a few species have adapted to be able to eat it, notably the
yellow-rumped warbler and
tree swallow
The tree swallow (''Tachycineta bicolor'') is a migratory bird of the family Hirundinidae. Found in the Americas, the tree swallow was first described in 1807 by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot as ''Hirundo bicolor''. It has since been mov ...
in North America. As the wax is very energy-rich, this enables the yellow-rumped warbler to winter farther north in cooler climates than any other American warbler if bayberries are present. The
seed
A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiospe ...
s are then dispersed in the droppings of the birds.
''Myrica'' species are used as food plants by the
larva
A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle.
The ...
e of some
Lepidoptera
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species including
brown-tail
The brown-tail moth (''Euproctis chrysorrhoea'') is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to Europe, neighboring countries in Asia, and the north coast of Africa. Descriptions of outbreaks, i.e., large population increases of several year ...
,
emperor moth
The Saturniinae or saturniines are a subfamily of the family Saturniidae. They are commonly known as emperor moths or wild silk moths. They are easily spotted by the eyespots on the upper surface of their wings. Some exhibit realistic eye-like m ...
, and
winter moth
:''In North America, "winter moth" usually denotes the invasive species ''Operophtera brumata'', but may also mean refer to a native species, ''Erannis tiliaria'' (linden looper) or '' Operophtera bruceata'' (bruce spanworm).''
The winter moth (' ...
as well as the
bucculatricid leaf-miners ''Bucculatrix cidarella'', ''B. myricae'' (feeds exclusively on ''M. gale'') and ''B. paroptila'' and the ''
Coleophora
''Coleophora'' is a very large genus of moths of the family Coleophoridae. It contains some 1,350 described species. The genus is represented on all continents, but the majority are found in the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions. Many authors hav ...
'' case-bearers ''C. comptoniella'', ''C. pruniella'', and ''C. viminetella''.
Uses
Native Americans used bayberry medicinally. The root bark was pounded into powder and mixed with water to cure diarrhea. American pioneers sniffed the powder to counter nasal congestion. It was sometimes used in
poultices
A poultice, also called a cataplasm, is a soft moist mass, often heated and medicated, that is spread on cloth and placed over the skin to treat an aching, inflamed, or painful part of the body. It can be used on wounds, such as cuts.
'Poultice' ...
.
The wax coating on the fruit of several species, known as
bayberry wax, has been used traditionally to make
candle
A candle is an ignitable wick embedded in wax, or another flammable solid substance such as tallow, that provides light, and in some cases, a fragrance. A candle can also provide heat or a method of keeping time.
A person who makes candles i ...
s. It was used for that purpose by the Robinson family in the novel ''
The Swiss Family Robinson
''The Swiss Family Robinson'' (German: ''Der Schweizerische Robinson'') is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia, goes off course and is shipwreck ...
''. The foliage of ''
Myrica gale
''Myrica gale'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae, native to parts of Japan, North Korea, Russia, mainland Europe, the British Isles and parts of northern North America, in Canada and the United States. Common names include ...
'' is a traditional
insect repellent
An insect repellent (also commonly called "bug spray") is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces to discourage insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Insect repellents help prevent and cont ...
, used by
campers to keep biting insects out of
tent
A tent () is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over, attached to a frame of poles or a supporting rope. While smaller tents may be free-standing or attached to the ground, large tents are usually anchored using gu ...
s. Several species are also grown as ornamental plants in
garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...
s. The fruit of ''
Myrica rubra
''Myrica rubra'', also called yangmei (; Cantonese: yeung4 mui4; Shanghainese: ), , Chinese bayberry, red bayberry, yumberry, waxberry, or Chinese strawberry (and often mistranslated from Chinese as arbutus) is a subtropical tree grown for its f ...
'' is an economically important crop in
China
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, sold fresh, dried, canned, for juice, for flavoring in snacks, and for alcoholic beverages. Myrica is used to spice
beer
Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...
and
snaps
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in
Denmark
)
, song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast")
, song_type = National and royal anthem
, image_map = EU-Denmark.svg
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark
...
.
The leaves can add flavor to soups and broths. They can be dried and stored in jars to be used as a spice.
Species
''Myrica'' comprises the following species:
*''
Myrica adenophora
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the Family (biology), family Myricaceae, Taxonomic rank, order Fagales. The genus has a wide Species distribution, distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North A ...
''
Hance
*''
Myrica arborea''
Hutch.
*''
Myrica brevifolia''
E. Mey. ex C. DC.
*''
Myrica cacuminis''
Britton & P.Wilson
*''
Myrica californica
''Myrica californica'' (California bayberry, California wax myrtle or Pacific wax myrtle; syn. ''Gale californica'' (Cham. & Schltdl.) Greene, ''Morella californica'' (Cham. & Schltdl.) Wilbur) is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to the ...
''
Cham. & Schltdl. – California bayberry
*''
Myrica caroliniensis''
Mill.
Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden for nearly 50 years from 1722, and wrote the highly popular '' The Gardeners Dict ...
southern bayberry
*''
Myrica cerifera
''Myrica cerifera'' is a small evergreen tree or large shrub native to North and Central America and the Caribbean. Its common names include southern wax myrtle, southern bayberry, candleberry, bayberry tree, and tallow shrub. It sees uses both i ...
''
L. – wax-myrtle, southern wax-myrtle
*''
Myrica chevalieri''
(Parra-Os.) Christenh. & Byng
*''
Myrica chimanimaniana''
(Verdc. & Polhill) Christenh. & Byng
*''
Myrica cordifolia''
L.
*''
Myrica dentulata''
Baill.
*''
Myrica diversifolia
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Aust ...
''
Adamson
*''
Myrica esculenta
''Myrica esculenta'' is a tree or large shrub native to the hills of northern India, southern Bhutan and Nepal. Its common names include box myrtle, bayberry and kaphal. Its berries are edible and are consumed locally. It is the state fruit ...
''
Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
*''
Myrica faya
''Myrica faya'' (firetree, faya or haya; syn. ''Morella faya'' (Ait.) Wilbur) is a species of '' Myrica'', native to Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands), and possibly also western coastal mainland Portugal.
Description
It ...
''
Aiton – faya bayberry
*''
Myrica funckii''
A.Chev.
*''
Myrica gale
''Myrica gale'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae, native to parts of Japan, North Korea, Russia, mainland Europe, the British Isles and parts of northern North America, in Canada and the United States. Common names include ...
''
L. – sweet gale or bog-myrtle
*''
Myrica goetzei''
Engl.
*''
Myrica hartwegii''
S.Watson – Sierra bayberry
*''
Myrica heterophylla''
Raf.
*''
Myrica holdridgeana''
Lundell
*''
Myrica humilis
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the Family (biology), family Myricaceae, Taxonomic rank, order Fagales. The genus has a wide Species distribution, distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North A ...
''
Cham.
*''
Myrica inodora
''Myrica inodora'' is a plant species native to the coastal plains on the northern shore of the Gulf of Mexico, in the Florida Panhandle, the extreme southern parts of Alabama and Mississippi, eastern Louisiana and southwestern Georgia. Comm ...
''
W.Bartram – scentless bayberry
*''
Myrica integra
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the Family (biology), family Myricaceae, Taxonomic rank, order Fagales. The genus has a wide Species distribution, distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North A ...
''
(A.Chev.) Killick
*''
Myrica integrifolia
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Aust ...
''
Roxb.
*''
Myrica interrupta''
Benth.
*''
Myrica javanica
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Aust ...
''
Blume
*''
Myrica kandtiana
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Aus ...
''
Engl.
*''
Myrica kilimandscharica''
Engl.
*''
Myrica kraussiana''
Buchinger ex Meisn.
*''
Myrica lindeniana''
C.DC.
*''
Myrica meyeri-johannis''
Engl.
*''
Myrica microbracteata''
Weim.
*''
Myrica mildbraedii''
Engl.
*''
Myrica nana
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the Family (biology), family Myricaceae, Taxonomic rank, order Fagales. The genus has a wide Species distribution, distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North A ...
''
A.Chev.
*''
Myrica parvifolia''
Benth.
*''
Myrica pavonis''
C.DC.
*''
Myrica pensylvanica
''Myrica pensylvanica'', the northern bayberry, is a species of ''Myrica'' native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Ohio, and south to North Carolina. It is also classified as ''Morella pensylvanica''.
''Myrica pe ...
''
Mirb. – northern bayberry
*''
Myrica phanerodonta
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australi ...
''
Standl.
*''
Myrica picardae
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australi ...
''
Krug & Urb.
*''
Myrica pilulifera''
Rendle
*''
Myrica pringlei''
Greenm.
*''
Myrica pubescens''
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
*''
Myrica punctata''
Griseb.
*''
Myrica quercifolia''
L.
*''
Myrica rotundata''
Steyerm. & Maguire
*''
Myrica rubra
''Myrica rubra'', also called yangmei (; Cantonese: yeung4 mui4; Shanghainese: ), , Chinese bayberry, red bayberry, yumberry, waxberry, or Chinese strawberry (and often mistranslated from Chinese as arbutus) is a subtropical tree grown for its f ...
''
Siebold & Zucc. – ''yang mei'', Chinese bayberry, yumberry
*''
Myrica salicifolia''
Hochst. ex A.Rich.
*''
Myrica serrata''
Lam.
*''
Myrica shaferi''
Urb. & Britton
*''
Myrica singularis''
Parra-Os.
*''
Myrica spathulata
''Myrica'' is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the Family (biology), family Myricaceae, Taxonomic rank, order Fagales. The genus has a wide Species distribution, distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North A ...
''
Mirb.
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
The status of the following species and hybrids is unresolved:
* ''Morella × macfarlanei''
(Youngken) Kartesz
* ''Morella pumila''
Small
* ''Myrica aethiopica''
L.
* ''Myrica alaternoides''
Crantz
* ''Myrica algarbiensis''
Gand.
* ''Myrica altera''
C.DC.
* ''Myrica apiculata''
Urb. & Ekman
* ''Myrica arabica''
Willd.
* ''Myrica auriculata''
Ridl.
* ''Myrica australasica''
F.Muell.
* ''Myrica banksiifolia''
J.C.Wendl.
* ''Myrica bojeriana''
Baker
* ''Myrica'' × ''burbankii''
A.Chev.
* ''Myrica burmannii''
E. Mey. ex C. Dc.
* ''Myrica capensis''
Steud.
* ''Myrica carolenensis''
A.Rich.
* ''Myrica caroliniana''
Ettingsh.
* ''Myrica conifera''
Burm.f.
* ''Myrica domingana''
C.DC.
* ''Myrica dregeana''
A.Chev.
* ''Myrica elliptica''
A.Chev.
* ''Myrica esquirolii''
H.Lév.
* ''Myrica fallax''
DC.
* ''Myrica florida''
Regel
* ''Myrica fuscata''
Raf.
* ''Myrica glabrissima''
A.Chev.
* ''Myrica hirsuta''
Mill.
* ''Myrica holtzii''
Engl. & Brehmer
* ''Myrica humbertii''
Staner & Lebrun
* ''Myrica ilicifolia''
Burm.f.
* ''Myrica jamaicensis''
R.A.Howard & Proctor
* ''Myrica laciniata''
Willd.
* ''Myrica latiloba''
Heer
* ''Myrica lobbii''
Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.
* ''Myrica longifolia''
Teijsm. & Binn. ex C.DC.
* ''Myrica macrophylla''
Mirb.
* ''Myrica microcarpa''
Benth.
* ''Myrica microstachya''
Krug & Urb.
* ''Myrica montana''
Vahl
* ''Myrica mossii''
Burtt Davy
* ''Myrica myrtifolia''
A.Chev.
* ''Myrica nagi''
Thunb.
* ''Myrica natalensis''
C.DC.
* ''Myrica oligadenia''
Peter
* ''Myrica ovata''
H.L.Wendl.
* ''Myrica pusilla''
Raf.
* ''Myrica reticulata''
Krug & Urb.
* ''
Myrica rivas-martinezii''
A.Santos
* ''Myrica rogersii''
Burtt Davy
* ''Myrica roraimae''
Oliv.
* ''Myrica rothmaleriana''
P.Silva
* ''Myrica rotundifolia''
Salisb.
* ''Myrica tomentosa''
Asch. & Graebn.
* ''Myrica trifoliata''
Turpin
* ''Myrica trifoliata''
L.
* ''Myrica trifoliolata''
DC.
* ''Myrica undulata''
Raf.
* ''Myrica usambarensis''
Engl.
* ''Myrica verrucosa''
Raf.
* ''Myrica vidaliana''
Rolfe
Formerly placed here
*''
Balakata luzonica
''Balakata luzonica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is distributed from the Philippines to New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest ...
'' (as ''M. luzonica''
S.Vidal)
''Balakata''.
Malesian Euphorbiaceae Descriptions. National Herbarium Nederland.
*''Comptonia peregrina
''Comptonia peregrina'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae. It is the only extant (living) species in the genus '' Comptonia'', although a number of extinct species are placed in the genus. ''Comptonia peregrina'' is native ...
'' (L.) J.M.Coult. (as ''M. aspleniifolia'' L.)
*''Nageia nagi
''Nageia nagi'', the Asian bayberry, is plant species in the family Podocarpaceae named by Carl Peter Thunberg. ''Nageia nagi'' is native to China, Japan, and Taiwan. It was formerly called ''Podocarpus nagi''.
Description
''Nageia nagi'' is ...
'' (Thunb.) Kuntze (as ''M. nagi'' Thunb.)
References
External links
Flora Europaea: ''Myrica''
Flora of China: ''Myrica''
Flora of North America: ''Myrica''
Trees and shrubs of Ecuador: ''Myrica''
Monograph on the medicinal and clinical uses of ''Myrica cerifera''
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Fagales genera
Dioecious plants