Bayberry

Myrica

Female Myrica gale plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Myricaceae
Genus:	Myrica L.
Type species
Myrica gale L.
Species
About 35 species, including: Myrica adenophora Myrica californica Myrica caroliniensis Myrica cerifera Myrica esculenta Myrica faya Myrica gale Myrica hartwegii Myrica holdrigeana Myrica inodora Myrica integra Myrica nana Myrica parvifolia Myrica pensylvanica Myrica pilulifera Myrica pubescens Myrica rubra Myrica serrata

Myrica /mɪˈraɪkə/ is a genus of about 35–50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australia. Some botanists split the genus into two genera on the basis of the catkin and fruit structure, restricting Myrica to a few species, and treating the others in Morella.