Myrtaceae
Myrcia

Myrcia rotundata (Amshoff) McVaugh

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18(2): 122 (1969)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Venezuela to Guyana. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Guyana, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Lucas, E. & al. (2016). A conspectus of Myrcia sect. Aulomyrcia (Myrtaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 101: 648-698.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lucas, E. & al. (2016). A conspectus of Myrcia sect. Aulomyrcia (Myrtaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 101: 648-698.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1995 Pipoly, J.J.; Alfred, K. [7719] Guyana K000344202 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Holst, B.K. [2995] Venezuela K000567488 No
Steyermark, J.A. [93197] Venezuela K000330239 No
Steyermark, J.A. [59629] Venezuela K000330240 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0