Myrcia is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae, containing about 794 species as of 2025.Amorim, B. S., Maciel, J. R., & Alves, M. (2015). New geographical records of Myrcia s.l. (Myrteae, Myrtaceae) from South America, with a focus on Brazilian taxa. Check List, 11(2), 1592. They are distributed in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, with centers of diversity in the Brazilian Cerrado 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.
Selected species
Formerly placed here Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel (as M. jaboticaba Baill.)
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