Feijoa sellowiana

Acca sellowiana var. sellowiana

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: Feijoa
Species: Feijoa sellowiana

Name

Feijoa sellowiana (O.Berg) O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 615. (1859)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Orthostemon sellowianus O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 467. (1857)
• Homotypic
  • Acca sellowiana (O.Berg) Burret, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 59 (1941)
• Heterotypic
  • Feijoa obovata (O.Berg) O.Berg in Mart. (ed.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 616. (1859)
  • Feijoa schenkiana Kiareskou, Enum. Myrt. Bras. (1891) 186. (1893)
  • Orthostemon obovatus O.Berg, Linnaea 27(4): 440. (1856) nom. inval.
  • Orthostemon obovatus O.Berg in Mart. (ed.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 468. (1857)
  • Feijoa coolidegii J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies, Nursery Cat. (Duncan & Davies) 1925: xix (1925)
  • Feijoa sellowiana var. rugosa Mattos, Loefgrenia 70: 4 (1976)
  • Acca sellowiana var. rugosa (Mattos) Mattos, Loefgrenia 99: 3 (1990)
  • Feijoa sellowiana f. elongata Voronova, Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 139: 79 (1991)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Uruguay Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Introduced into: Colombia, Costa Rica, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, New Zealand South, Tanzania, Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Berg, O.K. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1859. Fl. Bras. 14(1): 615.

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.  [Cited as Acca sellowiana.]
• (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.4. epublication.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Feijoa sellowiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Feijoa sellowiana. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Feijoa
español: Feijoa
suomi: Feijoa
français: Goyavier de Montevideo
galego: Feixoa
íslenska: Joðber
русский: Фейхоа
српски / srpski: Фејоа / Fejoa
svenska: Feijoa
Türkçe: Kaymak ağacı

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