Psidium guineense Swartz 1788
Authors/Creators
- 1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670 - 901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- 2. Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670 - 901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Description
37. Psidium guineense Swartz (1788: 77); Legrand & Klein (1972: 715–717) [Fig. 4U,V; Fig. 6Q]
Widely distributed and cultivated from Mexico to Argentina and Brazil (Govaerts et al. 2010, Sobral et al. 2010).
Shrubs 1–3 m tall. This species differs from Campomanesia dichotoma by the constriction of the distal portion of the ovary and from other Psidium species by having dichasial inflorescence and linear bracteoles. This species can have solitary flowers or multiple dichasia.
Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Goiana, Reserva Biológica Fazenda Tabatinga, 25.V.2009, fr., B.S. Amorim 460 et al. (UFP); Igarassu, Usina São José, 11.III.2009, fl., fr., B.S. Amorim 417 et al. (UFP); Tamandaré, Reserva Biológica de Saltinho, 26.XI.2009, fr., B.S. Amorim 502 et al. (UFP).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2009-03-11
- Verbatim event date
- 2009-03-11/11-26
- Scientific name authorship
- Swartz
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Psidium
- Species
- guineense
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Psidium guineense Swartz, 1788 sec. Amorim & Alves, 2012
References
- Swartz, O. (1788) Nova genera & species plantarum Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam occidentalem annis. Bibliopoliis Acad. M. Swederi. Stockholm, 138 pp.
- Legrand, C. D. & Klein, R. M. (1972) Mirtaceas. In: Reitz, P. R. (ed.) Flora Ilustrada Catarinense. Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal. Itajai, 18 pp.
- Govaerts, R., Sobral, M., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B. K., Landrum, L., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F. F., Lughadha, E. N., Proenca, C., Soares-Silva, L. H., Wilson, P. G. & Lucas, E. (2010) World Checklist of Myrtaceae. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http: // www. kew. org / wcsp /. Accessed: 29 July 2010.
- Sobral, M., Proenca, C., Souza, M., Mazine, F. & Lucas, E. (2010) Myrtaceae. In: Forzza, R. C., Leitman, P. M., Costa, A. F., Carvalho Jr., A. A., Peixoto, A. L., Walter, B. M. T., Bicudo, C., Zappi, D., Costa, D. P., Lleras, E., Martinelli, G., Lima, H. C., Prado, J., Stehmann, J. R., Baumgratz, J. F. A., Pirani, J. R., Sylvestre, L., Maia, L. C., Lohmann, L. G., Queiroz, L. P., Silveira, M., Coelho, M. N., Mamede, M. C., Bastos, M. N. C., Morim, M. P., Barbosa, M. R., Menezes, M., Hopkins, M., Secco, R., Cavalcanti, T. B. & Souza, V. C. Lista de Especies da Flora do Brasil. Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Published on the internet; http: // floradobrasil. jbrj. gov. br / 2010 / FB 010791. Accessed: 5 October 2011.