Malpighia emarginata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Malpighia
Species: Malpighia emarginata

Name

Malpighia emarginata DC., 1824

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Malpighia berteroana Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 383 (1825)
- Malpighia lancifolia (Nied.) F.K.Mey. in Phanerog. Monogr. 23: 222 (2000)
- Malpighia punicifolia var. lancifolia Nied. in Gen. Malpighia: 8 (1899)
- Malpighia punicifolia var. obovata Nied. in Gen. Malpighia: 8 (1899)
- Malpighia punicifolia var. vulgaris Nied. in Gen. Malpighia: 8 (1899)
- Malpighia retusa Benth. in Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 74 (1844)
- Malpighia umbellata Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 310 (1895)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia
Continental:Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Aruba, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 1: Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. VI+746 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 1:578.

Additional references

Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Malpighia emarginata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 02. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Malpighia emarginata. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Malpighia emarginata. Published online. Accessed: September 02 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Malpighia emarginata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 September 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Malpighia emarginata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: acerola, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry, wild crapemyrtle
suomi: Barbadoksenakerola
日本語: アセロラ
한국어: 아세롤라
മലയാളം: വെസ്റ്റ് ഇന്ത്യൻ ചെറി ꯃ
Nederlands: Acerola
português: acerola, azerola, cerejeira-das-antilhas, cerejeira-do-pará,
中文: 針葉櫻桃