Family:
Myrtaceae Juss.
Genus:
Eugenia P.Micheli ex L.

Eugenia foetida Pers.

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Mexico to Guatemala, S. Florida to Caribbean.

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is.

Eugenia foetida Pers. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2009 Lucas, E.J. et al [1115], Dominican Republic K000566206 Yes
Apr 1, 2008 Pollard [1321] K000213774 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.], Yucatan K000276275 Yes
Holst, B.K. [8865] K000066149 No
Vasconcelos [583] K000065929 No
Cabrera, E. [8768], Mexico K001001885 Yes
Vasconcelos [579] K000065930 No
Rico, L. [1985], Dominican Republic K000478761 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [1202], Belize K001001889 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [427], Belize K001001891 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [1745], Belize K001001890 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [24123], Belize K001001888 Yes

First published in Syn. Pl. 2: 29 (1806)

Accepted by

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Barrie, F.R. (2005). Personal communication on Myrtaceae Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Not accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Eugenia maleolens.]

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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