Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia rhombea (O.Berg) Krug & Urb.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 644 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida to N. Venezuela, Mexico to Central America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Barrie, F.R. (2005). Personal communication on Myrtaceae Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2. epublication.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • 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.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2009 Araújo, A.C., et al. [1794] Dominican Republic K000566201 Yes
Sep 1, 2009 Lucas, E.J., et al. [1120] Dominican Republic K000566200 Yes
May 1, 2005 Hamilton, M.A.; Clubbe, C.; Walker, R. [47] British Virgin Islands K:SPC-76510.000 No
Feb 1, 2005 Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [20343] Guatemala K000276263 Type Yes
Feb 1, 2005 Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [20007] Guatemala K000276264 Type Yes
Fuertes [278] Dominican Republic K001002642 Yes
Wilson, P. [7866] Bahamas, The K001002648 Yes
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [18889] Guatemala K001001974 Yes
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [20210] Guatemala K001001973 Yes
Dorr, L.J.; Nino, S.M. [9098] Venezuela K001003043 Yes
Box, H.E. [916] Antigua and Barbuda K001002644 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Lopez, N.; Hernandez, A.; Delgado, L. [6693] El Salvador K001532142 No
Arnaldo, F. [1730] AN K001002645 Yes
Nash, G.V.; Taylor, N. [948] Bahamas, The K001002653 Yes
Small, J.K.; Small, E.W. [4882] United States K001001729 Yes
Araquistain, M. [3534] Nicaragua K001001977 Yes
Grifo, Francesca, T.; Matuszak, J.M. [227] Dominican Republic K001002640 Yes
Holst, B.K. [8864] K000066150 No
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [18892] Guatemala K001001975 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Garcia, R.; Marten, S. [14083] Dominican Republic K001002637 Yes
Contreras, E. [8025] Guatemala K001001976 Yes
Sugden, A.M.; Wingfield, R. [749] Venezuela K001003044 Yes
Leonard, E.C.; Leonard, G.M. [11442] Haiti K001002647 Yes
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [20203] Guatemala K001001972 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Garcia, R.; Marten, S. [14011] Dominican Republic K001002639 Yes
Roig, J.T. [5284] Cuba K001002651 Yes
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [18877] Guatemala K001001971 Yes
Hamilton, M.A.; Clubbe, C.; Walker, R. [47] British Virgin Islands K000297667 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [3934] Haiti K001002650 Yes
Killip, E.P.; Hazen, T.E. [11071] Colombia K001003042 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Garcia, R.; Marten, S. [14083] Dominican Republic K001002638 Yes
Leonard, E.C.; Leonard, G.M. [14654] Haiti K001002643 Yes
Wilson, P. [8050] Anguilla K001002652 Yes
Rugel [227] United States K001001730 Yes
Rugel [226] United States K001001731 Yes
Harris, W. [9618] Jamaica K001002649 Yes
Rorg, J.T. [5284] Cuba K001002646 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Cowell, J.F.; Hess, W.E. [1580] Puerto Rico K001002641 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Garcia, R.; Marten, S. [14089a] Dominican Republic K001002636 Yes

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/

  • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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