Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia pyrifera Faria & Proença

First published in Kew Bull. 67: 245 (2012)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Goiás). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil West-Central

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Bulletin

  • Eletrobras – Furnas (2010). Eletrobras – Furnas. http://www.furnas.com.br; accessed March 2010.
  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, M., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B. K., Landrum, L. R., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F. F., NicLughadha, E. M., Proença, C., Soares-Silva, L. H., Wilson, P. G. & Lucas, E. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • IBGE (2006). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/mapas/tematicos/mapas_murais/relevo_2006.pdf; accessed April 2010.
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.
  • Landrum, L. R. & Kawasaki, M. L. (1997). The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49: 508 – 536.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Lucas, E. J., Harris, S. A., Mazine, F. F., Belsham, S. R., NicLughadha, E. M., Telford, A. & Chase, M. W. (2007). A suprageneric phylogeny of tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae) with biogeographical analysis and morphological discussion. Taxon 55: 1105 – 1128.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Mazine-Capelo, F. F. (2006). Estudostaxonômicosem Eugenia L. (Myrtaceae), com ênfaseem Eugenia Sect. Racemosae O. Berg. Unpubl. Ph.D. Thesis.Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://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/

  • 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 Bulletin

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