Myricaria

Myricaria
Myricaria germanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Tamaricaceae
Genus: Myricaria
Desv. (1825)
Species

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Synonyms
  • 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.

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.