Myrtaceae

Myrciaria O.Berg

First published in Linnaea 27: 320 (1856)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Tanzania

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2013 Blanchet [1804] Brazil K000001398 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Meier, W. [3429] Venezuela K000812432 No
Jan 1, 2012 Staggemeier, V.G.; Faria, J.E.Q. [40 772] Brazil K000812679 No
Mar 1, 2009 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [3859] Brazil K000565260 Yes
Feb 23, 2006 Wood, J.R.I. [16050] Bolivia K000275722 No
Feb 23, 2006 Oldeman [T- 873] French Guiana K000275733 No
Jan 1, 1999 Atkins, S.; Saar, E.; Passos, L.; Funch, L.; Guedes, M.L.; Stannard, B. [PCD4667] Brazil K000001481 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Stannard, B.; Atkins, S.; Saar, E.; Funch, L.; Guedes, M.L. [PCD4639] Brazil K000001475 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Atkins, S.; Saar, E.; Passos, L.; Funch, L.; Guedes, M.L.; Stannard, B. [PCD4707] Brazil K000001472 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Stannard, B.; Atkins, S.; Saar, E.; Funch, L.; Guedes, M.L. [PCD4640] Brazil K000001476 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Ganev, W. [3163] Brazil K000001772 Yes
Pennington, R.T.; johnson, I. [461] Guyana K000332278 No
Pennington, T.D.; Cazalet, P.C.D. [7555] Ecuador K:SPC-25576.000 No
Gardner [2868] Brazil K000001395 Yes
Kelly, D.L.; et al. [14/348] Honduras K004416113 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P. [12106] Jamaica K004416132 Yes
Mori, S.A.; Mattos Silva, L.A.; dos Santos, T.S. [11416] Brazil K000001408 Yes
Gardner [2868] Brazil K000001394 Yes
Fruchard [s.n.] Uruguay K004416415 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0