Myricaria

Not to be confused with Myrcia and Myrciaria of family Myrtaceae, or Myrica (Myricaceae).

Myricaria
Myricaria germanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Tamaricaceae
Genus:	Myricaria Desv. (1825)[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Myrica Bubani (1899), nom. illeg. Myrice St.-Lag. (1881), orth. var.

Myricaria is a genus of flowering plants of the family Tamaricaceae. It includes 13 species native to temperate Eurasia, ranging from Spain to China.^[2]

Gene expression assays have been performed on Myricaria laxiflora to study flooding stress as the species is endangered and inhabits the flood zone of the Yangtze River in China.^[3]

Species

13 species are accepted.^[2]

• Myricaria albiflora Grierson & D.G.Long
• Myricaria bracteata Royle
• Myricaria davurica (Willd.) Ehrenb.
• Myricaria germanica (L.) Desv.
• Myricaria laxiflora (Franch.) P.Y. Zhang & Y.J.Zhang
• Myricaria longifolia (Willd.) Ehrenb.
• Myricaria paniculata P.Y.Zhang & Y.J.Zhang
• Myricaria platyphylla Maxim.
• Myricaria prostrata Hook.f. & Thomson
• Myricaria pulcherrima Batalin
• Myricaria rosea W.W.Sm.
• Myricaria squamosa Desv.
• Myricaria wardii C.Marquand

References

1. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 349. 1825
2. Myricaria Desv. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
3. Li, Linbao; Huang, Guiyun; Xiang, Weibo; Zhu, Haofei; Zhang, Haibo; Zhang, Jun; Ding, Zehong; Liu, Jihong; Wu, Di (2022-06-10). "Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses Uncover the Regulatory Mechanisms of Myricaria laxiflora Under Flooding Stress". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.924490. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 9226631. PMID 35755690.