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Myrcia
Taxonomy
Myrcia was named by De Candolle (1828). It is extant.
It was assigned to Myrtaceae by Knowlton (1919).
It was assigned to Myrtaceae by Knowlton (1919).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Myrcia De Candolle |
| 1919 | Myrcia Knowlton |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Myrcia De Candolle 1828
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†Myrcia bentonensis Berry 1916
†Myrcia granadensis Berry 1916
†Myrcia nitens Engelhardt 1891
†Myrcia parvifolia Berry 1916
†Myrcia puryearensis Berry 1916
†Myrcia reticulatovenosa Engelhardt 1891
†Myrcia vera Berry 1916
†Myrcia worthenii Lesquereux 1869
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 100.50000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | M. santacruzensis, M. acutifolia (140359) | |
| Paleogene | Chile (Biobío) | M. reticulato-venosa (152433) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina | M. reticulato-venosa, M. deltiodea, M. obovata, M. chubutensis (32201) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Peru (Cajamarca) | M. cajamarcana (32185) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Rio Negro Territory) | M. nitens (31540) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | M. bagualense (195214) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Rio Negro) | M. nitens (137127) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | M. pirabensis (112580) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Chile | M. reticulato-venosa (32460 32464) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | M. prerostrata, M. minor (32044) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Bahia) | M. rostraformis (32009) M. rostrataformis (32010) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Mexico (Oaxaca) | M. saraviana (32065) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia | M. pliocenica (32043) |