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Myrica faya - Wikipedia

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Myrica faya

Myrica faya foliage and male catkins
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Myricaceae
Genus:	Myrica
Species:	M. faya
Binomial name
*Myrica faya* Ait.

Myrica faya (firetree, faya or haya; syn. Morella faya (Ait.) Wilbur) is a species of Myrica, native to Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands), and possibly also western coastal mainland Portugal.^[2]

Description

It is an evergreen shrub or small tree 3–8 metres (9.8–26.2 ft) tall, rarely up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall. The leaves are usually a dark, glossy green, 4–11 centimetres (1.6–4.3 in) long and 1–3 centimetres (0.39–1.18 in) broad, with an entire margin and a bluntly pointed apex. It easily grows in any type of soil.

It is subdioecious, with the male and female flowers produced largely on separate plants, but often with a few flowers of the other sex present (Binggeli 1997). The male flowers have four stamens and are normally produced in clumps close to the branch. The female flowers, usually occurring in similar groups grow slightly farther from the branch tips. The fruit is an edible drupe 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in) diameter, it is a reddish purple ripening dark purple to black. It is used as an astringent remedy for catarrh (Pérez 1999, Rushforth 1999).

Distribution

In Macaronesian islands it occurs most abundantly at altitudes of 600–900 m. The population in Continental Portugal may be native or naturalised following early importation from Madeira or the Azores (Rushforth 1999). It is an invasive species in Hawaii (Vitousek et al. 1987), where it displaces native trees such as Metrosideros polymorpha, with profound impacts on nitrogen cycling (Vitousek & Walker 1989).

References

^ Beech, E., Silva, L., Fernandes, F. & da Silva Menezes de Sequeira, M. (2017). "Morella faya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T85519948A81838803. Retrieved 8 December 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Myrica faya: Review of the Biology, Ecology, Distribution, and Control, Including an Annotated Bibliography". UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA. Retrieved August 7, 2020.

Binggeli, P. (1997). Myrica faya. University of Bangor.
Pérez, M. Á. C. (1999). Native Flora of the Canary Islands. ISBN 978-84-241-3555-3.
Rushforth, K. D. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. ISBN 978-0-00-220013-4.
Vitousek, P.M.; L.R. Whiteaker; D. Mueller-Dombois & P.A. Matson (1987). "Biological invasion by Myrica faya alters ecosystem development in Hawai'i". Science. 238 (4828): 802–804. Bibcode:1987Sci...238..802V. doi:10.1126/science.238.4828.802. PMID 17814707. S2CID 27013902.
Vitousek, P.M. & L.R. Walker Queit (1989). "Biological invasion by Myrica faya: Plant demography, nitrogen fixation, ecosystem effects". Ecological Monographs. 59 (3): 247–265. doi:10.2307/1942601. JSTOR 1942601.
Flora Europaea: Myrica faya
University of Hawaii: Myrica faya native habitats
University of Hawaii: Myrica faya as an invasive species in Hawaii

Taxon identifiers
Myrica faya	Wikidata: Q1491096 Wikispecies: Myrica faya APDB: 149033 CoL: 458DJ EUNIS: 175315 GBIF: 5414211 GRIN: 24841 IPNI: 585520-1 IRMNG: 10675288 ITIS: 19272 NZOR: e1b18080-ff04-4096-a65c-f63e89e9eaec NZPCN: 4116 Observation.org: 124995 Plant List: kew-2500713 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:306495-2 Tropicos: 21700028 WFO: wfo-0000447380

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