Myrtaceae
Feijoa

Feijoa sellowiana (O.Berg) O.Berg

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 615 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (S. Minas Gerais) to Argentina (Misiones). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Colombia, Costa Rica, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364419X15620113920608. epublication.
  • Cameron, E. & al. (2023). Vascular plants and birds of Rabbit Island/Takangariki, Kawau Bay. Journal, Auckland Botanical Society 78: 7-10.

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 Acca sellowiana.]
  • 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 Acca sellowiana.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.4. epublication.
  • Cameron, E. & al. (2023). Vascular plants and birds of Rabbit Island/Takangariki, Kawau Bay. Journal, Auckland Botanical Society 78: 7-10.
  • Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Keller, H.A. & Tressens, S.G. (2007). Presencia en Argentina de dos especies de uso múltiple: Acca sellowiana (Myrtaceae) y Casearia lasiophylla (Flacourtiaceae). Darwiniana 45: 204-212.
  • Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.

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/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • García Castro, N. J. (2011). Plantas nativas empleadas en alimentación en Colombia. Instituo de Investigaciones Biológicas Alexander von Humboldt. http://repository.humboldt.org.co/handle/20.500.11761/31275
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • 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?
K:SPC-14462.000 No
Jan 1, 1983 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Acca sellowiana K000565017 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Sellow [4013] Uruguay Acca sellowiana K000565018 Unknown Type Material Yes
Acca sellowiana K:SPC-65866.000 No
United Kingdom Acca sellowiana K:SPC-66457.000 No
Pedersen, T.M. [11446] Brazil Acca sellowiana K001178914 No
s.coll. [6156] Brazil Acca sellowiana K001178908 No
Hatschbach, G.; Spichiger, R.; Cervi, A.C.; Loizeau, P.A. [68672] Brazil Acca sellowiana K001178911 No
Gibert, M. [92] Uruguay Acca sellowiana K004209950 Yes
Andrews, S. [s.n.] Acca sellowiana K:SPC-54549.000 No
Rambo, B. [44581] Brazil Acca sellowiana K001178912 No
Hatschbach, G. [[15028]] Brazil Acca sellowiana K001178910 No
Smith, L.B.; Reitz, P.R.; Klein, R. [7634] Brazil Acca sellowiana K001178909 No
s.coll. [634] Uruguay Acca sellowiana K004209949 Yes
Weir, J. [s.n.] Brazil Acca sellowiana K001178913 No
[Mr Christie]; [W. Gibert] [42] Uruguay Acca sellowiana K004209948 Yes
Acca sellowiana K:SPC-53865.000 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

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

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    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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

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