Distribution
Native to:
Brazil Northeast, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Guajava amplexicaulis (Pers.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 240 (1891)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Calyptrogenia biflora Alain in Moscosoa 1(1): 28 (1976)
- Eugenia corozalensis Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 11 (1924)
- Marlierea leal-costae G.M.Barroso & Peixoto in Revista Brasil. Bot. 18: 105 (1995)
- Psidium cordatum Sims in Bot. Mag. 43: t. 1779 (1815)
- Psidium dumetorum Proctor in Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser. 16: 37 (1967)
- Psidium harrisianum Urb. in Symb. Antill. 7: 294 (1912)
- Psidium sessilifolium Alain in Phytologia 25: 270 (1973)
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.
- 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.
- Landrum, L.R. (2017). The genus Psidium (Myrtaceae) in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Cantonia 13: 1-101.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Landrum, L.R. (2017). The genus Psidium (Myrtaceae) in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Cantonia 13: 1-101.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s.coll. [1779] | K000170084 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0