Myrtaceae
Ugni

Ugni molinae Turcz.

First published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(I): 579 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Chile to SW. Argentina. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Juan Fernández Is., New Zealand North

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
  • Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] K004415317 Yes
Wall, E.; Sparre, B. [1819] Chile K004415315 Yes
Philippi [s.n.] Chile K000276914 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004415318 Yes
Elwes, H.J. [s.n.] Chile K004415316 Yes
United Kingdom K:SPC-65768.000 No
Santesson, R. [1047] Chile K004415319 Yes
Philippi [s.n.] Chile K000276913 Unknown Type Material Yes
King (Capt.) [s.n.] Ugni ugni K004415320 Yes
King (Capt.) [s.n.] Ugni ugni K004415327 Yes
[E. Kuinbul] [6402] Chile Ugni ugni K004415328 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ugni ugni K004415322 Yes
Lobb, W. [109] Chile Ugni ugni K004415325 Yes
Bridges [693] Ugni ugni K004415326 Yes
Philippi [s.n.] Ugni ugni K004415321 Yes
Reynolds [64] Ugni ugni K004415323 Yes
Germain, P. [s.n.] Chile Ugni ugni K004415324 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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 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