Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia umbellulifera (Kunth) Krug & Urb.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 665 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to Guyana and Trinidad. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Guyana, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Pseudanamomis umbellulifera.]
  • 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. [Cited as Pseudanamomis umbellulifera.]

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.

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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Blache Fraser] [6814] Trinidad and Tobago Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208744 Yes
Wright, C.; Parry, C.C.; Brummel, H. [166] Dominica Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208739 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [8906] Trinidad and Tobago Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K000065841 Yes
Diaz, W.; Delascio, F.; Rosales, J.; Gómez, R. [6169] Venezuela Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208750 Yes
Schomburgk [35] Dominica Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K000170041 Type Yes
Broadway, W.E. [2312] Trinidad and Tobago Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208741 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [2909] Trinidad and Tobago Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208742 Yes
Hart, J. [2312] Trinidad and Tobago Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208745 Yes
Valeur, E.J. [686] Dominican Republic Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208740 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208737 Yes
Valeur, E.J. [686] Dominican Republic Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208746 Yes
Sintensis, P. [5503] Puerto Rico Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K000170042 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208747 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208738 Yes
Schomburgk [79] Dominica Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K000170040 Type Yes
Broadway, W.E. [2909] Trinidad and Tobago Pseudanamomis umbellulifera K004208743 Yes
Trinidad and Tobago Eugenia esculenta K:SPC-66466.000 No

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/

  • 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

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