Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia calophylloides DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 272 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Central African Republic. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Central African Republic, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 3: 64.
  • Chev. Bot. 266
  • F.T.A. 2: 437, partly (Smeathmann spec. only)
  • Prod. 3: 272 (1828)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2014 Sita, P. [1741] K000752871 No
Thomas, N.W. [10128] Sierra Leone K001000733 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9819] Sierra Leone K001000724 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10501] Sierra Leone K001000729 Yes
Baldwin, J.T.Jr. [11559] Liberia K001000749 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [1169] Sierra Leone K001000698 Yes
van Meer, P.P.C. [468] Liberia K001000746 Yes
Elliott, W.R. [220] Nigeria K001000807 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10162] Sierra Leone K001000728 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9568] Sierra Leone K001000713 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K001000753 Yes
Aylmer, G.; Lane-Poole, C.E. [53] Sierra Leone K001000695 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9282] Sierra Leone K001000710 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9571] Sierra Leone K001000735 Yes
Linder, D.H. [1519] Liberia K001000754 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9455] Sierra Leone K001000711 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9123] Sierra Leone K001000712 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Liberia K001000752 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [8889] Sierra Leone K001000703 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Jarr [SL 3742] Sierra Leone K001000740 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9198] Sierra Leone K001000714 Yes
Lane-Poole, C.E. [273] Sierra Leone K001000697 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [897] Sierra Leone K001000693 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL 3501] Sierra Leone K001000742 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9123] Sierra Leone K001000707 Yes
Baldwin, J.T.Jr. [11131] Liberia K001000745 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [4944] Sierra Leone K001000716 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10154] Sierra Leone K001000734 Yes
Baldwin, J.T.Jr. [11565] Liberia K001000743 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI 33173] Nigeria K001000755 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2752] Sierra Leone K001000718 Yes
Dalziel, Dr, J.M. [1010] Sierra Leone K001000696 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9141] Sierra Leone K001000708 Yes
Elliot, G.F.S. [5548] Sierra Leone K001000694 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [533] Sierra Leone K001000719 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [4728] Sierra Leone K001000699 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [8479] Sierra Leone K001000704 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9966] Sierra Leone K001000722 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9888] Sierra Leone K001000725 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL 4257] Sierra Leone K001000741 Yes
Morton; Jarr [SL 2083] Sierra Leone K001000738 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [754] Sierra Leone K001000726 Yes
Elliot, G.F.S. [5465] Sierra Leone K001000692 Yes
Baldwin, J.T.Jr. [7093] Liberia K001000747 Yes
Baldwin, J.T.Jr. [5902] Liberia K001000744 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [502] Sierra Leone K001000702 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2369] Cote d'Ivoire K001000751 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL 1333] Sierra Leone K001000736 Yes
s.coll [1957] Nigeria K001000809 Yes
Morton; Jarr [SL 1186] Sierra Leone K001000739 Yes
Morton; Jarr [SL 3795] Sierra Leone K001000737 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [6081] Sierra Leone K001000705 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9141] Sierra Leone K001000709 Yes
Chevalier, A. [20831] Equatorial Guinea K001000691 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [5219] Sierra Leone K001000700 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10639] Sierra Leone K001000731 Yes
Sierra Leone K000310018 Type Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9233] Sierra Leone K001000715 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [9983] Sierra Leone K001000723 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10340] Sierra Leone K001000727 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1941] Sierra Leone K001000717 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10639] Sierra Leone K001000730 Yes
s.coll [2437] Nigeria K001000810 Yes
Elliott, M.R. [53] Nigeria K001000806 Yes
s.coll [1639] Cote d'Ivoire K001000750 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [8479] Sierra Leone K001000706 Yes
Bakshi, T.S. [174] Sierra Leone K001000720 Yes
Baldwin, J.T.Jr. [11261] Liberia K001000748 Yes
Elliott, W.R. [53] Nigeria K001000808 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [5067] Sierra Leone K001000701 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10077] Sierra Leone K001000732 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [10341] Sierra Leone K001000721 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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/

  • 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