Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia leonensis Engl. & Brehmer

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 329 (1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. Soud.-Guin. 87.
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 54: 329 (1917).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2023 Jordan, H.D. [2079] Sierra Leone K001000629 Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Mann [s.n.] K000310002 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Morton, J.K. [SL4391] Sierra Leone K001000627 Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Mann [842] Sierra Leone K000310017 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Morton; Gledhill [SL 1679] Sierra Leone K001000628 Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Linder, R.H. [186] Liberia K001000626 Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Harley, W.J. [852A] Liberia K001000625 Yes
Aug 8, 2022 Balde, A.; Konomou, G. [951] Guinea K001310693 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Keay, R.W.J. [28662] Cameroon K000050099 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [678] Sierra Leone K001000673 Yes
Konomou, G.; Balde, A. [816] K001310547 Yes
Dalziel, Dr, J.M. [933] Sierra Leone K001000630 Yes
Elliot, G.F.S. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001000637 Yes
Jaeger, P. [9527] Liberia K001000677 Yes
Jenik; Hall [1112] Ghana K001000685 Yes
Burbidge, K. [503] Sierra Leone K001000668 Yes
Burbidge, K. [496] Sierra Leone K001000671 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [54] Cote d'Ivoire K001000682 Yes
s.coll [11] Ghana K001000686 Yes
s.coll [5483] Sierra Leone K001000638 Yes
Schnell, R. [997] Cote d'Ivoire K001000680 Yes
Merton; Gledhill [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001000643 Yes
Adam, J.G. [21038] Liberia K001000676 Yes
Lisowski, S. [25267] Equatorial Guinea K001000640 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [412] Sierra Leone K001000667 Yes
Morton, J.K. [3635] Sierra Leone K001000644 Yes
Adames, P. [834] Liberia K001000674 Yes
Limba [5542] Sierra Leone K001000634 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001000632 Yes
s.coll [13205] Equatorial Guinea K001000641 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3149] Sierra Leone K001000639 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3903] Sierra Leone K001000672 Yes
s.coll [5476] Sierra Leone K001000631 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL 2983] Sierra Leone K001000645 Yes
Vigne, C. [1938] Ghana K001000684 Yes
s.coll [5622] Sierra Leone K001000635 Yes
Adam, J.G. [20621] Liberia K001000675 Yes
Linder, D.H. [1113] Liberia K001000665 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [453] Sierra Leone K001000669 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1691] Cote d'Ivoire K001000678 Yes
Barten [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001000636 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [3222] Cote d'Ivoire K001000679 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [2638] Cote d'Ivoire K001000683 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [248] Cote d'Ivoire K001000681 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Sierra Leone K001000633 Yes
Burbidge, K. [484] Sierra Leone K001000670 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [3963] Sierra Leone K000312504 Type Yes
s.coll [12345] Equatorial Guinea K001000642 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [830] Sierra Leone K001000666 Yes
Morton; Gledhill [SL 1907] Sierra Leone K001000646 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL 1367] Sierra Leone K001000647 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/

  • 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