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Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae
Psidium is a
genus of
trees and
shrubs in the
family
Myrtaceae . It is native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (
Mexico ,
Central and
South America , the
West Indies the
Galápagos islands).
[3] Many of the species bear edible fruits, and for this reason several are cultivated commercially.
[4] The most popularly cultivated species is the common
guava ,
Psidium guajava .
Taxonomy
new leaves of Psidium in
West Bengal , India.
This genus was described first by Linnaeus in 1753.
[5]
[6]
Fossils are known from the
Paleogene of Patagonia.
[7]
Species
[8]
Psidium acidum - Peru, Ecuador
Psidium acranthum - Dominican Rep
Psidium acunae - Cuba
Psidium acutangulum - from Colombia to
Amapá and Bolivia
Psidium albescens - Jamaica
Psidium amplexicaule - Puerto Rico, Leeward Is.
Psidium apiculatum -
Bahia
Psidium appendiculatum - N Venezuela, NE Brazil
Psidium araucanum -
São Paulo ,
Paraná
Psidium arboreum -
Rio de Janeiro
Psidium australe - Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
Psidium bahianum -
Bahia
Psidium balium - Cuba
Psidium brevifolium - Dominican Rep
Psidium brownianum - Venezuela, NE Brazil
Psidium calyptranthoides - Puerto Rico
Psidium canum - Brazil
Psidium cattleianum - Brazil, Uruguay; naturalized and invasive in Hawaii
Psidium cauliflorum -
Bahia
Psidium celastroides - Cuba
Psidium claraense - Cuba
Psidium cymosum - Cuba
Psidium densicomum - Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, NW Brazil, Peru, Colombia
Psidium dictyophyllum - Hispaniola
Psidium donianum -
Maranhão
†
Psidium dumetorum - Jamaica but extinct
Psidium eugenii - SE Brazil
Psidium firmum - Brazil
Psidium friedrichsthalianum - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela
Psidium fulvum - Peru
Psidium galapageium -
Galápagos
Psidium ganevii -
Bahia
Psidium giganteum -
Minas Gerais ,
São Paulo
Psidium glaziovianum - SE Brazil
Psidium globosum - Uruguay
Psidium grandifolium - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
Psidium guajava - Central + South America, West Indies, Mexico,
Florida ,
Louisiana ,
Arizona ;
[9] naturalized in parts of Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and on numerous oceanic islands
Psidium guineense - Central + South America, Windward Is, Mexico
Psidium guyanense - N Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana
Psidium haitiense - Haiti
Psidium harrisianum - Jamaica
Psidium × hasslerianum - Paraguay, Central America
Psidium hotteanum -
Massif de la Hotte
Psidium huanucoense -
Huánuco
Psidium inaequilaterum - SE Brazil
Psidium itanareense -
São Paulo
Psidium jacquinianum - unknown
Psidium jakucsianum - Cuba
Psidium kennedyanum - Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina
Psidium langsdorffii -
Minas Gerais
Psidium laruotteanum - from Costa Rica to Paraguay
Psidium longipetiolatum - S Brazil
Psidium lourteigiae - Brazil
Psidium loustalotii - Cuba
Psidium maribense - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
Psidium minutifolium - Cuba
Psidium misionum - Paraguay,
Misiones
Psidium montanum - Jamaica
Psidium munizianum - Cuba
Psidium myrsinites - Brazil
Psidium myrtoides - Brazil
Psidium nannophyllum - Dominican Rep
Psidium navasense - Cuba
Psidium nummularia - Cuba
Psidium nutans - Brazil, NE Argentina
Psidium oblongatum -
Minas Gerais ,
Espírito Santo
Psidium oblongifolium - SE Brazil
Psidium oligospermum -
Minas Gerais ,
Paraíba
Psidium oncocalyx -
Bahia
Psidium orbifolium - Cuba
Psidium ovale -
Minas Gerais ,
Santa Catarina
Psidium parvifolium - Cuba
Psidium pedicellatum - Colombia, Ecuador
Psidium pigmeum - SE Brazil
Psidium raimondii - Peru
Psidium ramboanum -
Mato Grosso
Psidium ratterianum - Brasília
Psidium refractum -
Goiás
Psidium reptans -
Paraná
Psidium reversum - Sierra Sagua Baracoa in Cuba
Psidium rhombeum -
Bahia
Psidium riparium - Brazil
Psidium robustum -
Maranhão ,
Minas Gerais ,
São Paulo
Psidium rostratum - Peru
Psidium rotundatum - Cuba
Psidium rufum - Brazil
Psidium rutidocarpum - Peru
Psidium salutare - Central + South America, West Indies, S Mexico
Psidium sartorianum - Central + South America, West Indies, Mexico
Psidium schenckianum - E Brazil
Psidium scopulorum - Cuba
Psidium sessilifolium - Dominican Rep
Psidium sintenisii - Puerto Rico
Psidium sorocabense - SE Brazil
Psidium striatulum -Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname
Psidium tenuirame - Cuba
Psidium trilobum -
Massif du Nord in Haiti
References
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"Genus: Psidium L." Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2010-03-03 .
^
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families" .
^
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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.
Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
Landrum, L. R. & M. L. Kawasaki. 1997. The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49(4): 508–536.
Sánchez-Vindas, P. E. 1989. Flora de Nicaragua: Myrtaceae. Brenesia 31: 53–73.
Sánchez-Vindas, P. E. 2001. Calycolpus, Eugenia, Myrcia, Myrcianthes, Myrciaria, Pimenta, Plinia, Psidium, Syzygium, Ugni. En: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(2): 1566, 1570–1574, 1575–1580.
Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps, genus Psidium
^ Jules Janick, Robert E. Paull, ed. (2008). The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts (illustrated ed.). CABI.
ISBN
9780851996387 .
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Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 470 in Latin
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Tropicos, Psidium L.
^ Panti, Carolina (2016-05-18).
"Myrtaceae fossil leaves from the Río Turbio Formation (Middle Eocene), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina" . Historical Biology . 28 (4): 459–469.
doi :
10.1080/08912963.2014.976635 .
hdl :
11336/19131 .
ISSN
0891-2963 .
S2CID
84988707 .
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Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map, Psidium guajava
External links
Media related to
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Data related to
Psidium at Wikispecies