Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Fagales

Myricaceae - Waxberry family

Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa

Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2006) Myricaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3)

Description of the family

Trees or shrubs, monoecious or dioecious. Stipules 0 (in our species). Leaves alternate, simple, dotted with resinous, aromatic glands. Flowers in dense axillary spikes, forming catkins, unisexual, subtended by a bract. Perianth 0. Male flowers with 2-10(-20) stamens. Female flowers with sessile 1-locular ovary. Stigmas 2, filiform. Fruit an achene or drupe.

Worldwide: 3 genera and 55 species, ± cosmopolitan (not in the Mediterranean area or Australia).

Zimbabwe: 1 genus and 4 taxa.

Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Myrica L.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Myricaceae:

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Flora of Botswana: Myricaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Myricaceae
Flora of Malawi: Myricaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Myricaceae
Flora of Zambia: Myricaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Myricaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Myricaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Myricaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Myricaceae
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iNaturalist: Myricaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Myricaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Myricaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Myricaceae
Wikipedia: Myricaceae
Plants of the World Online: Myricaceae
Tropicos: Myricaceae