Eugenia cordata

Eugenia cordata

Eugenia cordata

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 cordata
Varietates: E. c. var. caribaea – E. c. var. cordata – E. c. var. sintenisii

Name

Eugenia cordata (Sw.) DC., 1828

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Eugenia cordata var. genuima Krug & Urb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 656 (1895), nom. inval.
  • Myrtus cordata Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 78 (1788)
  • Pseudanamomis cordata (Sw.) Bisse in Feddes Repert. 96: 511 (1985)

Homonyms

• Eugenia cordata (Hochst. ex Krauss) G.Lawson in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 438 (1871), nom. illeg. vide Syzygium cordatum Hochst. ex Krauss in Flora 27: 425 (1844)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 3: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. 494 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 3: 272

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. 
• 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. Eugenia cordata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Eugenia cordata. Published online. Accessed: June 19 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Eugenia cordata. 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 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Eugenia cordata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: lathberry

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