Plinia

Plinia
P. cauliflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Plinia
L.
Synonyms
  • Guapurium Juss.
  • Guapurum J.F.Gmel.
  • Rubachia O.Berg

Plinia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to Central and South America as well as the West Indies.

Species

69 species are accepted.

Formerly placed here

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Plinia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  2. 1 2 "Plinia Plum. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  3. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 516 in Latin
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Plinia L.
  5. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Barrie, F. R. 2004. Synopsis of Plinia (Myrtaceae) in Mesoamerica. Novon 14(4): 380–400
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Plinia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-01-18.