Eugenia brasiliensis

Eugenia brasiliensis

Eugenia brasiliensis

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: Eugeniinae
Genus: Eugenia
Species: Eugenia brasiliensis

Name

Eugenia brasiliensis Lam., Encycl. 3: 203. 1789.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Stenocalyx brasiliensis (Lam.) O.Berg, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(1): 347. 1857.

• Heterotypic
  • Eugenia bracteolaris Lam. ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 267 (1828)
  • Eugenia brasiliensis var. erythrocarpa Cambess. Fl. Bras. Merid. (4 ed.) 2: 255. 1830.
  • Eugenia brasiliensis var. leucocarpa Cambess. Fl. Bras. Merid. (4 ed.) 2: 255. 1830.
  • Eugenia dombeyi (Spreng.) Skeels, U. S. Bureau Pl. Industr. Bull. 233: 51. 1912.
  • Eugenia filipes Baillon, Hist. Pl. Madagasc. Atlas (Grandidier) t. 328. 1895.
  • Eugenia ubensis Cambess. in A.F.C. de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 351 (1832)
  • Myrtus dombeyi Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 485. 1825.
  • Myrtus grumixama Vell. in Fl. Flumin. 5: 216, t. 69 (1829)
  • Stenocalyx brasiliensis var. erythrocarpa (Cambess.) O.Berg, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(1): 347. 1857.
  • Stenocalyx brasiliensis var. iocarpa O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 348 (1857)
  • Stenocalyx brasiliensis var. leucocarpa (Cambess.) O.Berg, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(1): 348. 1857.
  • Stenocalyx brasiliensis var. silvestris O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 594 (1859)
  • Stenocalyx ubensis (Cambess.) O.Berg in Linnaea 27: 312 (1856)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Introduced into: Comoros, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1789–1792 [1789]. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Tome 3. viii + 759 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 3: 203

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A., Sobral, M., Ashton, P.S., Barrie, F.R., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.R., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C.E.B., Soares-Silva, L.H., Wilson, P.G. & Lucas, E. 2008. World Checklist of Myrtaceae. 455 pp. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-391-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Eugenia brasiliensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Eugenia brasiliensis. Published online. Accessed: June 18 2024. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Eugenia brasiliensis. 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 June 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Eugenia brasiliensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 June 2024. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Brazil-cherry
• español: grumichama
• français: cerisier du Brésil, jambosier du Brésil
• português: grumixama

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