Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia albicans (O.Berg) Urb.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 617 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Lesser Antilles to Guianas. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Williams, R.O. (1934). Myrtaceae (pars.). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 1(6): 333-410. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Holst, B.K. (2008). Personal communication on Myratceae 8 SEL.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2010 Gonzalez, S. [2108] French Guiana K001018571 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Oldeman [T-565] French Guiana K001018573 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Granville, J.J.; Crozier, F.; Vanderplank, J. [16999] French Guiana K001018572 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Cremers, G. [3977] French Guiana K001018569 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Molino, J.F. [1250] French Guiana K001018570 Yes
Jan 1, 1949 Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [2700] Suriname K001018567 Yes
Jan 1, 1949 Lanjouw, J.; Lindeman, J.C. [2658] Suriname K001018566 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [s.n.] French Guiana K001051623 Yes
Hahn, M. [1142] Martinique K001002366 Yes
Boschwezen [6529] Suriname K001018568 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [4053] Trinidad and Tobago K001002364 Yes
Boschwezen [6701] Suriname K001018565 Yes
Just [211] Martinique K001002365 Yes
Oldeman [s.n.] French Guiana K001051622 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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