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Myrcia

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Myrcia

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Myrcia is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae, containing about 794 species as of 2025. They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Forests ecoregions. Myrcia was first described as a genus in 1827.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMyrtales
  5. FamilyMyrtaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia
Observations recorded246,505

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Specimen records
13,455
With media
4,256
Family
Myrtaceae
Collections
NY
Recorded in
Brazil
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Myrcia is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae, containing about 794 species as of 2025. They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Forests ecoregions. Myrcia was first described as a genus in 1827.

==Selected species==

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