Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia inundata DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 280 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to N. Brazil. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Mazine, F.F. & Castro Souza, V. (2015). Lectotypifications and a new combination in Eugenia sect. Racemosae (Myrtaceae). Phytotaxa 205(3): 157-167.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2005 Martius [s.n.] Brazil K001018160 Yes
Mar 1, 2005 s.coll. [3799] Brazil K001018157 Yes
Mar 1, 2005 Schomburgk [921] Brazil K000276403 Type Yes
Mar 1, 2005 Schomburgk [921] Brazil K000276404 Type Yes
Mar 1, 2005 Black, G.A.; Schultes, R.E. [46/167] Colombia K001018159 Yes
Mar 1, 2005 Spruce, R. [1799] Brazil K001018158 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Cid Ferreira, C.A. [5293] Brazil K001018154 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Ferreira, L.V. [93] Brazil K001018153 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P. [3693] Brazil K001018143 Yes
Jan 1, 1956 Krukoff, B.A. [1273] Brazil K001018146 Yes
Grandez, C.; Vasquez, R. [614] Peru K001002894 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [2966] Brazil K001018151 Yes
Ferreira, L.V. [23] Brazil K001018152 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001018148 Yes
Encarnación, F. [26493] Peru K001925631 No
s.coll. [560] Brazil K001018147 Yes
Ule, E. [5076] Brazil K001018150 Yes
Keel, S.; Coelho, L.F. [242] Brazil K001018145 Yes
Riedel [1505] Brazil K001018149 Yes
Arevajo, E. [351] Peru K001002893 Yes
Nelson, B.W.; Campbell, D.G.; Nelson, S.P.; Almeida, P.I. [935] Brazil K001018144 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001018155 Yes
Spruce, R. [1107] Brazil K001018156 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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/

  • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0