Summary
Place of publication:
Fieldiana, Bot. 29:485. 1963, nom. cons.
Comment:
- conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV)
- based on Myrtus fragrans Sw., nom. cons.
Verified:
10/28/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Balick, M. J. et al. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85. 2000
- Barrie, F. R. 2004. (1629) Proposal to conserve the name Myrtus fragrans [=Myrcianthus fragrans] (Myrtaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 53:569-570.
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Common names
English
twinberry – French (Lesser Antilles)
bois pelé – goyavier montagne – Spanish (Mexico)
arrayán – arrayán prieto – guayabillo – guayabillo agrio – lentisco – palo guinda – Spanish (Puerto Rico)
guayabacón –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatan | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Turks and Caicos Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | Guanacaste | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | Heredia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | Puntarenas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | San Jose | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | Chiriqui | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | Darien | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Barinas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Bolivar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Falcon | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Federal District | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Guarico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Lara | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Merida | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Miranda | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Monagas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Nueva Esparta | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Sucre | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Trujillo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Zulia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Choco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Guajira | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Valle | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Canar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Chimborazo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Esmeraldas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Loja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pichincha | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cajamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Junin | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Piura | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatan]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica [Guanacaste, Heredia, Puntarenas, San Jose], Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama [Chiriqui, Darien]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Bolivar, Merida, Zulia, Barinas, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Federal District, Lara, Trujillo]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia [Choco, Guajira, Valle], Ecuador [Canar, Chimborazo, Esmeraldas, Loja, Pichincha], Peru [Amazonas, Cajamarca, Junin, Piura]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | wood | | Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. Flora de Veracruz. 1978- |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=415257.
Accessed 5 October 2024.