Pimenta racemosa

Pimenta racemosa

Pimenta racemosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Myrteae
Subtribus: Pimentinae
Genus: Pimenta
Species: Pimenta racemosa
Varietates: P. r. var. grisea – P. r. var. hispaniolensis – P. r. var. ozua – P. r. var. racemosa – P. r. var. terebinthina

Name

Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J.W.Moore, 1933

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Caryophyllus racemosus Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela Introduced into: Comoros, Cook Is., Hawaii, Jamaica, Marianas, Society Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• J.W.Moore, 1933. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. Honolulu 102:33.

Additional references

• 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.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Pimenta racemosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Pimenta racemosa. Published online. Accessed: July 01 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Pimenta racemosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Pimenta racemosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 July 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pimenta racemosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Bay
English: West Indian Bay tree
suomi: Bayöljypuu
lea faka-Tonga: Sinamoni

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