Myrtaceae
Psidium

Psidium densicomum Mart. ex DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 235 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Altamirano A, S. & Ramos De Souza, H. (2009). Nuevas adiciones de Angiospermas de la flora del Norte de Bolivia. Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Botánica 4: 279-291.
  • 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.

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

  • Altamirano A, S. & Ramos De Souza, H. (2009). Nuevas adiciones de Angiospermas de la flora del Norte de Bolivia. Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Botánica 4: 279-291.
  • Parra-O., C. & Landrum, L. (2023). Flora de Colombia 33: 1-105. Universidad nacional de Colombia, Bolgotá.

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
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • 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
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2009 Martius [s.n.] Brazil K000565301 Type Yes
Mar 1, 2009 Spruce, R. [1032] Brazil K000565315 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000565303 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000565304 Isotype Yes
Feb 16, 2006 Tiburoio, R. [144] Brazil K000275704 Yes
Llewellyn Williams [12826] Venezuela K004209486 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6064] Brazil K001178489 No
Prance, G.T.; Phileox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5279] Brazil K001178488 No
Prance, G.T.; Amaral, I.L.; Pipoly, J.J.; M.G. da Silva; Tavares, A.S.; da Mota, C.D.A. [28716] Brazil K001178490 No
Giaretta, A.; Lopes, J.C.; Fonseca, L.H.; Vasconselos, T.N. [1432] Brazil K004209290 Yes
Forzza, R.C.; Martinelli, G.; Costa, D.P.; Moraes, M.A.; Nadruz, M.A.; Gallucci, S.; Benevides, P. [6979] Brazil K001600003 Yes
Forzza, R.C.; Martinelli, G.; Costa, D.P.; Moraes, M.A.; Nadruz, M.A.; Gallucci, S.; Benevides, P. [6979] Brazil K001600002 Yes
Vargas, A.A. [55-AAV] Peru K004209483 Yes
Cid, C.A.; Lima, J. [3153] Brazil K001178491 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001178486 No
Vargas, A.A. [55-AAV] Peru K004209485 Yes
Bahia, T.R. [144] Brazil K001178487 No
Williams, L. [12826] Venezuela K004209487 Yes
Vargas, A.A. [55-AAV] Peru K004209484 Yes

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • 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.
    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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