Family · Rosids

Myricaceae

Bayberry, sweetgale

Bayberry family: aromatic nitrogen-fixing shrubs, including bayberry and sweet gale, with wax-coated fruits.

Accepted species: 52accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈39 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Africamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Myrica
Morella
Comptonia (sweetfern)

Genera

Myrica50 spp.
Canacomyrica1 spp.
Comptonia1 spp.

Where it grows

Africa20
Southern America17
Northern America11
Asia-Temperate6
Asia-Tropical4
Europe2
Pacific1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Myricaceae sits in the order Fagales.