''Myrcia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 ...

, 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 The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

and Atlantic Forests 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.)

References

External links

Myrtaceae genera Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Flora of the Neotropical realm {{Myrtaceae-stub