''Myrcia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of plants in the family

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All sp ...

, containing about 765 species as of 2022. They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado and

Atlantic Forest The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...

s ecoregions. ''Myrcia'' was first described as a genus in 1827.Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1827. Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle 11: 406Tropicos, ''Myrcia'' DC.
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Selected species

Formerly placed here

* '' Plinia cauliflora'' (Mart.) Kausel (as ''M. jaboticaba'' Baill.)

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Myrtaceae genera Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Neotropical realm flora {{Myrtaceae-stub