Myrica Linnaeus 1753 (bayberry)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Myricaceae according to E. W. Berry 1937

See also Berry 1914, Chauhan 1991, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996 and Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Comptonia, Distichostrobus, Morella, Myricaceoipollenites, Myricaephyllum, Myricanthium, Myriciphyllum, Myricipites, Myricoxylon, Pelticutis, Strobilanthus

Subtaxa: Myrica acuta Myrica aspera Myrica banksiaefolia Myrica brittoniana Myrica brongniarti Myrica cerifera Myrica cinnamomifolia Myrica cliffwoodensis Myrica coloradensis Myrica copeana Myrica coriacea Myrica dakotensis Myrica davisii Myrica drymeja Myrica elaeanoides Myrica elegans Myrica emarginata Myrica fenestrata Myrica havanensis Myrica heerii Myrica hendersoni Myrica hollicki Myrica hoveyana Myrica idahoensis Myrica lamarensis Myrica lanceolata Myrica latiloba Myrica lessigiana Myrica lignitum Myrica longa Myrica ludwigii Myrica mira Myrica mohavensis Myrica neomexicana Myrica nervosa Myrica newberryana Myrica nigricans Myrica obliqua Myrica obscura Myrica obtusa Myrica oregoniana Myrica personata Myrica premira Myrica raritanensis Myrica ripleyensis Myrica salicina Myrica saportana Myrica schimperi Myrica scottii Myrica serrata Myrica sternbergii Myrica studeri Myrica torreyi Myrica trifoliata Myrica uglowi Myrica undulata Myrica ungeri Myrica vindobonensis Myrica wardii Myrica wilcoxensis Myrica zenkeri

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (4), Japan (1), Tanzania (1), United States (2: Florida, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Bolivia (2), China (1), Germany (3), Portugal (11), United States (2: Alaska, Florida)

• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1), South Africa (1)

• Neogene of China (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (3), Denmark (5), Germany (79), Poland (2), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (3), United States (6: California, Massachusetts, Montana)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1), United States (1: Montana)

• Oligocene of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (8), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), France (1), Japan (7), the United Kingdom (3), United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Argentina (3)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), United States (7: Colorado, North Dakota, South Carolina, Wyoming)

Total: 183 collections including 231 occurrences

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