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Above 500m the talus slopes are covered by humid montane forests with trees up to 60m high giving way to montane genera such as Clusia, Monorobea, Miconia, Graffenrieda, Magnolia, Myrcia, Drimys, and Viburnum.
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Eventually, lowland genera drop out from the upper slopes giving way to members of the montane genera Clusia, Monorobea, Miconia, Graffenrieda, Magnolia, Myrcia, Drimys, and Viburnam.
Tepuis 2008
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Such forest is rich in shrubs and tree species of Myrtaceae (Eugenia, Myrcia, Marliera), Leguminosae (Andira), Euphorbiaceae (Croton), and Malphigiaceae (Byrsonima).
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In a ravine moist and overgrown with mosses and ferns, we found a new species of Myrcia, a large genus of trees in the myrtle family native to tropical America.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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In a ravine moist and overgrown with mosses and ferns, we found a new species of Myrcia, a large genus of trees in the myrtle family native to tropical America.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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This must not be confounded with the oil of bays of the West Indies, the produce of the _Myrcia acris_; nor yet with the cherry laurel, a member of yet another family, the leaves of which are sometimes substituted for those of the sweet bay.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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