Myriocarpa is a genus woody plant which ranges in size from shrubs to small trees and is endemic to Central and South America.

Within the Urticaceae, Myriocarpa is characterized by long pendulous string-like female inflorescences of apparently naked flowers and stems which release a watery latex when cut.

The genus was described by George Bentham in 1846[3] based on Colombian specimens of Myriocarpa stipitata collected by Mss.

Weddell placed Myriocarpa in the Urticaceae tribe Boehmerieae[4][5] despite its anomalous pubescence, cystolith morphology and wood anatomy.

[5] Since this revision Myriocarpa has attracted little taxonomic interest outside of floristic treatments,[1][7] despite its unusual female inflorescence morphology and ambiguous position within the Urticaceae and currently a total of 24 species names have been published.