Organisms

Myricaceae

A plant family of the order Myricales, subclass Hamamelidae, class Magnoliopsida. They are trees and shrubs having aromatic leaves that often have yellow glandular dots on the surface. Single-seeded fruits are often covered with waxy granules, bumps, or layers. The flowers are small, greenish, and inconspicuous.

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A plant family of the order Myricales, subclass Hamamelidae, class Magnoliopsida. They are trees and shrubs having aromatic leaves that often have yellow glandular dots on the surface. Single-seeded fruits are often covered with waxy granules, bumps, or layers. The flowers are small, greenish, and inconspicuous.

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  • Comptonia
  • Fern, Sweet
  • Comptonias
  • Ferns, Sweet
  • Sweet Fern
  • Sweet Ferns

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.

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2002

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  1. B01w.875w.800w.575w.912w.250w.859.750w.700w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Myricaceae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D029590. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D029590
  2. Myricaceae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myricaceae
  3. Myricaceae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843892