Myrtaceae
Eugenia

Eugenia aeruginea DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 283 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Cuba, Dominican Republic Jamaica, S. Mexico to N. Honduras. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Recorded in error in:

El Salvador

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Barrie, F.R. (2005). Personal communication on Myrtaceae Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 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.
  • Linares, J.L. (2003 publ. 2005). Lista comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la República de El Salvador. Ceiba; a Scientific and Technical Journal Published by Zamorano 44: 105-268.
  • Mazine, F.F. & Castro Souza, V. (2015). Lectotypifications and a new combination in Eugenia sect. Racemosae (Myrtaceae). Phytotaxa 205(3): 157-167.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Barrie, F.R. (2005). Personal communication on Myrtaceae Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Wright [s.n.] Jamaica K000276338 Type Yes
Wright, C. [164] Cuba K001002354 Yes
Wright, C. [1202] Cuba K001002351 Yes
Roig, J.T. [5260] Cuba K001002349 Yes
Lundell, C.L. [850] Mexico K000752273 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [8073] Belize K001001770 Yes
s.coll [952] Jamaica K001002357 Yes
Campbell, E.J.F. [13] Belize K001001771 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [485] Belize K001001768 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [1193] Belize K001001774 Yes
Harris, W.; Britton, N.L. [10630] Jamaica K001002363 Yes
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [18862] Guatemala K001001764 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [7782] Belize K001001766 Yes
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [18863] Guatemala K001001762 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [1347] Belize K001001773 Yes
Alexander, R.C. [1230] Jamaica K001002358 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [811] Belize K001001775 Yes
Linden [2124] Cuba K000276337 Syntype Yes
Gentle, P.H. [8345] Belize K001001772 Yes
Wright, C. [164] Cuba K001002355 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Cuba K001002350 Yes
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [s.n.] Guatemala K001001765 Yes
Linden [2124] Cuba K000276297 Type Yes
Linden [2124] Cuba K000276298 Type Yes
Linden [2124] Cuba K000276296 Type Yes
Wright, C. [1202] Cuba K001002353 Yes
Harris, W. [12097] Jamaica K001002361 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2955] Belize K001001769 Yes
Indre, W. [s.n.] Jamaica K001002359 Yes
Harris, W. [5453] Jamaica K001002362 Yes
Dranning, V. [s.n.] Jamaica K001002360 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [6561] Belize K001001767 Yes
Lundell, C.L.; Contreras, E. [20372] Guatemala K001001763 Yes
Wright, C. [164] Cuba K001002352 Yes
Harris, W. [5039] Jamaica Eugenia fadyenii var. glabra K000342984 Isotype Yes
Harris, W. [5251] Jamaica Eugenia fadyenii K000342985 Type 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/

  • 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