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Family: Myricaceae
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Eurosid I > Order: Fagales
Four genera and 57 species (more-or-less cosmopolitan but not in Australia),
with one genus (Morella) and 12 speces native to southern Africa and a
further genus (Myrica) and two species cultivated in southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI)
Morella
Twelve species, native to southern Africa. These species were previously
placed in the genus Myrica. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Myrica
Myrica faya (Faya, Fayero) and Myrica pensylvanica (Bayberry)
are cultivated in the region. |
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