Morella

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Myricaceae
Genus: Morella
Species: M. adenophora – M. brevifolia – M. californica – M. caroliniensis – M. cerifera – M. chevalieri – M. cordifolia – M. diversifolia – M. esculenta – M. faya – M. funckii – M. holdridgeana – M. humilis – M. inodora – M. integra – M. interrupta – M. javanica – M. kandtiana – M. kraussiana – M. lindeniana – M. microbracteata – M. nana – M. parvifolia – M. pavonis – M. pensylvanica – M. phanerodonta – M. picardae – M. pilulifera – M. pringlei – M. pubescens – M. pumila – M. punctata – M. quercifolia – M. rivas-martinezii – M. rotundata – M. rubra – M. salicifolia – M. serrata – M. singularis – M. spathulata

Name

Morella Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 537, 548. (1790)
Type species: Morella rubra Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 548. (1790)

Genus often included in Myrica s.l.
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cerophora Raf. Alsogr. Amer. 11. (1838)
Cerothamnus Tidestr. Elys. Marian., Ferns Ferns 40. (1910) See Myrica
Myrica subgen. Morella (Lour.) Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(1): 27. (1893)

References

Loureiro, J. de 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis, 537, 548.
Herbert, J. 2005. New Combinations and a New Species in Morella (Myricaceae). Novon 15(2): 293–295. Full article in BHL
Parra-O., C. 2002. New combinations in South American Myrica. Brittonia 54(4): 322–326. DOI: 10.1663/0007-196X(2003)54[322:NCISAM]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2015. Morella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Jan. 15. as Myrica
GRIN: Morella