genus Myrciaria

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Noun1.genus Myrciaria - a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family
Myrcia, Myrciaria
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
family Myrtaceae, Myrtaceae, myrtle family - trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
jaboticaba, jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora - small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
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The jaboticaba consist in a group of nine botanical species, and due to problems regarding the taxonomical classification, a change in the nomenclature, from the genus Myrciaria to the genus Plinia, was proposed by Sobral (1985).
Molecular characterization of Jaboticaba tree genotypes located in the municipalities of reconcavo of bahia/Caracterizacao molecular de genotipos de Jabuticabeira localizados em municipios do reconcavo da bahia
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