Myrcia De Candolle 1828 (myrtle)

Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae

Parent taxon: Myrtaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Acmena, Agonis, Aldwickia, Austromyrtus, Baeckea, Callistemonites, Callistemonoxylon, Callistemophyllum, Calyptranthes, Calytrix, Corymbia, Eucalyptophyllum, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Eugeniaites, Leptospermatoxylon, Leptospermites, Leptospermocarpum, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Myrceugenellites, Myrceugenia, Myrciophyllum, Myrtaciphyllum, Myrtifolium, Myrtinae, Myrtiphyllum, Myrtoidoxylon, Myrtomiophyton, Myrtonium, Myrtophyllum, Myrtospermum, Myrtoxylon, Myrtus, Palaeorhodomyrtus, Psidium, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Syncarpites, Syzygioxylon, Syzygium, Tristania, Tristaniandra, Tristanites

Subtaxa: Myrcia bentonensis Myrcia granadensis Myrcia nitens Myrcia parvifolia Myrcia puryearensis Myrcia reticulatovenosa Myrcia vera Myrcia worthenii

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Bolivia (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1)

• Miocene of Brazil (3), Chile (2), Cuba (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (2)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Pliocene of Peru (1)

• Paleogene of Chile (1)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)

Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences

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