Eugenia pitanga

Eugenia pitanga

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 pitanga

Name

Eugenia pitanga (O.Berg) Nied., 1893

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Luma pitanga (O.Berg) Herter in Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 219 (1943)
  • Myrtus pitanga (O.Berg) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 92 (1898)
  • Stenocalyx pitanga O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 341 (1857)
• Heterotypic
  • Eugenia camporum Morong in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 106 (1893)
  • Eugenia dolichophylla Kiaersk. in Enum. Myrt. Bras.: 157 (1893)
  • Eugenia montigena Barb.Rodr. in Myrt. Paraguay: 5 (1903)
  • Eugenia pitanga var. camporum (Morong) Mattos in Loefgrenia 76: 2 (1981)
  • Eugenia pitanga var. venosa Mattos in Loefgrenia 61: 2 (1974)
  • Myrtus pitanga var. angustifolia Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 92 (1898)
  • Myrtus pitanga f. fasciculata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 92 (1898)
  • Myrtus pitanga f. subsolitaria Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 92 (1898)
  • Stenocalyx pitanga var. nana Mattos in Reunión (Anual) Soc. Bot. Bras. 5: 100 (1957)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay, Uruguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, 1893. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 82

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.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Eugenia pitanga in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Eugenia pitanga. Published online. Accessed: June 20 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Eugenia pitanga. 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 20. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Eugenia pitanga. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 June 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eugenia pitanga in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

中文: 單子蒲桃, 单子番樱桃, 单子蒲桃

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