When published, synonymy included 3 previously validly published species: Myrica curticellensis A. Watelet, Description des plantes fossiles du Bassin de Paris pp.[127]. 1866; Myrica roginei A. Watelet, Description des plantes fossiles du Bassin de Paris pp.[127]. 1866; Myrica verbinensis A. Watelet, Description des plantes fossiles du Bassin de Paris pp.[126]. 1866.