Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia monticola (Sw.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 275 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic 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.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • 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.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Williams, R.O. (1934). Myrtaceae (pars.). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 1(6): 333-410. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2009 Lucas, E.J., et al [1117] Dominican Republic K000566210 Yes
Sep 1, 2009 Araújo, A.C., et al. [1789] Dominican Republic K000566211 Yes
Feb 1, 2005 Appum, C. [2436] Guyana K001019139 Yes
Feb 1, 2005 Snow, D.W. [38] Guyana K001019144 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Welle, B.J.H.; Chanderbali, A.; Raghoenandan, U.; James, V. [3358] Guyana K001019145 Yes
Nov 1, 1992 Granville, J.J. [1381] French Guiana K001019141 Yes
Grijalva, A.; Burgos, F. [1574] Nicaragua K001001948 Yes
Russell, F.R. [12615] Trinidad and Tobago K001002168 Yes
Botanical Department [5062] Jamaica K001002150 Yes
Sintenis, P. [s.n.] Puerto Rico K001002110 Yes
Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia K001002931 Yes
Sanchez, P.; Poveda, L.J. [1299] Costa Rica K001001946 Yes
Chavez, C. [201] Costa Rica K001001949 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K001002177 Yes
Wright, C. [1210] Cuba K001002115 Yes
Wright, C. [1613] Cuba K001002126 Yes
Lanjouw, J. [926] Suriname K001019143 Yes
s.coll [955] Jamaica K001002148 Yes
s.coll [11565] Venezuela K001002928 Yes
Harris, W. [11138] Jamaica K001002137 Yes
Botanical Dept [5053] Jamaica K001002131 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6601] Trinidad and Tobago K001002169 Yes
Wright, C. [168] Cuba K001002127 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Hetterscheid-Hollants, A.M.C. [610] Suriname K001019142 Yes
Espinoza, R.; Zuniga, R.; García, D. [824] Costa Rica K001001943 Yes
Russell, F.R. [12615] Trinidad and Tobago K001002166 Yes
Eggers [50] Virgin Islands K001002111 Yes
s.coll [1689] Jamaica K001002156 Yes
Wright, C. [1213] Cuba K001002117 Yes
Hooker, W.J. [s.n.] Jamaica K001002154 Yes
Beard, J.S. [545] Grenada K001002162 Yes
Harris, W. [5250] Jamaica K001002153 Yes
Chavez, C. [204] Costa Rica K001001950 Yes
Sintenis, P. [2458] Puerto Rico K001002109 Yes
Jimenez, Q.; Sanchez, P. [862] Costa Rica K001001941 Yes
Small, J.K.; Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K001001726 Yes
Beard, P. [1207] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K001002163 Yes
Axelrod, F. [8143] Puerto Rico K001002107 Yes
Linsay, D. [254] Dominica K001002161 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [7383] Cuba K001002118 Yes
Harris, W. [5304] Jamaica K001002149 Yes
Wright, C. [1207] Cuba K001002129 Yes
Wright, C. [1211] Cuba K001002121 Yes
Harris, W. [5313] Jamaica K001002152 Yes
Prestae, H. [28] Trinidad and Tobago K001002171 Yes
Hooker, W.J. [s.n.] Jamaica K001002136 Yes
Rivera, G. [1200] Costa Rica K001001947 Yes
McLordysen [s.n.] Jamaica K001002155 Yes
Rundie [s.n.] Jamaica K001002130 Yes
Wright, C. [1210] Cuba K001002128 Yes
Jimenez, Q.; Sanchez, P.; Biodiversidad, II, Grupo [862] Costa Rica K001001945 Yes
Harris, W. [5103] Jamaica K001002134 Yes
Navarro, E. [294] Costa Rica K001001940 Yes
Brace, T.W. [334] Bahamas, The K001002114 Yes
Boldingh, I. [3116B] Saint Martin K001002112 Yes
Perkins, J.R. [1125] Jamaica K001002138 Yes
Wright, C. [1214] Cuba K001002123 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Jamaica K001002145 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Jamaica K001002142 Yes
Wright, C. [1214] Cuba K001002116 Yes
Harris, W. [9751] Jamaica K001002147 Yes
Wright, C. [1207] Cuba K001002120 Yes
Box, H.E. [879] Antigua and Barbuda K001002157 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [13050] Dominican Republic K001002103 Yes
Barrier, S. [2387] Guadeloupe K001002159 Yes
Bello, E. [4211] Costa Rica K001001942 Yes
Barrier, S. [3180] Guadeloupe K001002158 Yes
McLadyman [s.n.] Jamaica K001002143 Yes
Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia K001002929 Yes
Hooker, W.J. [s.n.] Jamaica K001002135 Yes
Fishlock, N.C. [120] British Virgin Islands K000676298 Yes
Eggers [5597] Trinidad and Tobago K001002176 Yes
Vasconcelos, T.N.C.; Veloz, A. [566] K000066000 No
Barrier, S. [3338] Guadeloupe K001002160 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Garcia, R.; Marten, S. [14070] Dominican Republic K001002101 Yes
Eggers [2790] Dominican Republic K001002102 Yes
Rivera, G. [809] Costa Rica K001001944 Yes
Hocker [s.n.] Jamaica K001002132 Yes
Broadway, N. [2936] Trinidad and Tobago K001002175 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K001002178 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Jamaica K001002146 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [984] United States K001001728 Yes
Northrop, J.I.; Northrop, A.R. [725] Bahamas, The K001002113 Yes
Wright, C. [1213] Cuba K001002122 Yes
Orueger [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K001002165 Yes
Wright, C. [2426] Cuba K001002125 Yes
Axelrod, F.; Shmida, A.; Ackerman, J. [10961] Puerto Rico K001002106 Yes
Fendler, A. [35] Trinidad and Tobago K001002164 Yes
s.coll [25] Dominican Republic K001002104 Yes
Russell, F.R. [12615] Trinidad and Tobago K001002167 Yes
Steinbach, J. [7922] Bolivia K001002932 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1630] Trinidad and Tobago K001002174 Yes
Smith, A.C. [3562] Guyana K001019140 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K001002173 Yes
Harris, W. [5051] Jamaica K001002133 Yes
illegible [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K001002172 Yes
Wright, C. [2425] Cuba K001002124 Yes
Sintenis, P. [3260] Puerto Rico K001002108 Yes
Cradwick, W. [5059] Jamaica K001002151 Yes
Williams, R.O. [12019] Trinidad and Tobago K001002170 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [15766] Dominican Republic K001002105 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [984] United States K001001727 Yes
Fendler, A. [380] Venezuela K001002930 Yes
Hooker, W.J. [s.n.] Jamaica K001002144 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [6709] Cuba K001002119 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Dominica Eugenia maleolens K001002581 Yes
Liogier, A.H.; Liogier, P. [s.n.] Dominican Republic Eugenia maleolens K001002580 Yes
Harris, W. [9108] Jamaica Eugenia monticola var. latifolia K001002139 Yes
Harris, W. [12767] Jamaica Eugenia monticola var. latifolia K001002140 Yes
s.coll [947] Jamaica Eugenia monticola var. latifolia K001002141 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.W. [1524] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Eugenia obtusata K001002600 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Jamaica Eugenia obtusata K001002599 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, T. [1524] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Eugenia obtusata K001002601 Yes

Sources

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    • 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

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://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.
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  • IUCN Categories

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

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    • 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/
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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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