Myrica

Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

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Distribution
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Myrica /mɪˈraɪkə/[3] 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 Australia. Some botanists split the genus into two genera on the basis of the catkin and fruit structure, restricting Myrica to a few species, and treati... © Wikipedia authors and editors (licence)

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Definition
Parent Taxon
Myricaceae
Species
Taxonomic Completion
5.00%
1 of 20 accepted Species
Global Pollen Project UUID
19323d7c-a0e0-4b11-9a5a-ecc2f14848bb
Botanical Reference
None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources

This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.

The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility