      
Taxon: Eugenia uniflora L.
Genus: Eugenia
Family: Myrtaceae subfamily: Myrtoideae tribe: Myrteae.
Nomen number: 16210
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:470. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 23-May-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-May-1995
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Mayaguez (MAY).
Accessions:
1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
- Brazil-cherry (Source: Pl Res SEAs
2:165.) – English
- Surinam-cherry (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English
- cerisier carré (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French
- cerisier de Cayenne (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French
- Cayennekirsche (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German
- Surinam-Kirschmyrte (Source: Zander ed17
) – German
- Surinamkirsche (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German
- pitanga-da-praia (Source: Cornucopia
) – Portuguese
- pitanga-mulata (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- pitanga-roxa (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- pitanga-vermelha (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- cerezo de Cayena (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- nagapiry (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- pitanga (Source: CoopAmaz
) – Spanish
- körsbärsmyrten (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish
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Native:
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil: Brazil - Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo
Western South America: Bolivia - La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija
Southern South America: Argentina - Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman; Paraguay; Uruguay
Naturalized:
- AFRICA
Southern Africa: South Africa
- AUSTRALASIA
Australia: Australia - Queensland
- NORTHERN AMERICA
United States [s.e.]
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Caribbean: West Indies
Cultivated: - also cultivated in tropics
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Boggan, J. et al.
1992. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas.
- Campbell, F. T., ed.
1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
- Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
- Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
- Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Funk, V. et al.
2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
- Govaerts, R. et al.
2008. World checklist of Myrtaceae.
- Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
[re. Brazilian common names].
- Henderson, L.
2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
- Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
- Howard, R.
1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
- IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
- Killeen, T. J. et al.
1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia.
- Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
- Reitz, R., ed.
1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
- Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds.
1991. Edible fruits and nuts.
In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).
2:165.
- Villachica, H.
1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorios de la amazonia.
In: Secretaria Pro-Tempore, Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica.
44:227–231.
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986–. European garden flora.
- Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
- Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds.
1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999
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inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16210 (18 May 2013)
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