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Species Name:    Myrica cerifera
Common Name:     

     (Wax myrtle )

 


I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Plantae Magnoliophyta Magnoliopsida Myricales Myricaceae Morella

The wax myrtle, Myrica cerifera. Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.


Detail of Myrica cerifera fruits. Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.


Species Name:
 Myrica cerifera (L.) Small

Common Name:
Wax myrtle

Other Taxonomic Groupings:
 Subkingdom : Tracheobionta
Subclass : Hamamelidae

Synonymy:
 Cerothamnus ceriferus, Cerothamnus pumilus, Myrica cerifera, Myrica cerifera var. pumila, Myrica pusilla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Report by:  K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station
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