Myrciaria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Myrteae
Genus: Myrciaria
Species (23): M. borinquena – M. cordata – M. cuspidata – M. delicatula – M. disticha – M. dubia – M. floribunda – M. glanduliflora – M. glazioviana – M. glomerata – M. guaquiea – M. ibarrae – M. myrtifolia – M. pallida – M. pilosa – M. plinioides – M. puberulenta – M. pumila – M. rojasii – M. strigipes – M. tenella – M. vexator – M. vismeifolia

Unresolved (6): M. aspera – M. chartacea – M. egensis – M. micrantha – M. pittieri – M. silveirana

[source: The Plant List]

In synonymy: M. aureana – M. baporeti – M. cauliflora – M. caurensis – M. edulis – M. jaboticaba – M. trunciflora

Plus (1): M. evanida
Name

Myrciaria O.Berg

References

Sobral, M. 2013. Eight new Atlantic rainforest species and nomenclatural notes in Brazilian Myrtaceae. Phytotaxa 135(1): 43–61. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.135.1.6 Reference page.

Myrciaria is a genus of large shrubs and small trees described as a genus in 1856.[5][3] It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies, with many of the species endemic to Brazil.[4] Common names include hivapuru, sabará, and ybapuru.

The jaboticabas are a significant commercial fruit in Brazil. The fruit is grapelike in size and appearance, and often likened to a muscadine grape in taste. Myrciaria dubia, the camu-camu berry, is grown primarily in flood-zone areas of Peru and has one of the highest vitamin C (ascorbic acid) concentrations of any fruit, alongside Terminalia ferdinandiana.

accepted species[4][6][7]

Myrciaria alagoana Sobral - Alagoas
Myrciaria alta T.B.Flores & Sobral - Espírito Santo
Myrciaria borinquena Alain - Puerto Rico
Myrciaria cambuca Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas - E Brazil
Myrciaria cordata O.Berg - Guyana, Bolívar, N Brazil
Myrciaria cuspidata O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Myrciaria delicatula (DC.) O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
Myrciaria disticha O.Berg - E Brazil
Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh – Camu-camu - Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Myrciaria evanida Sobral - E Brazil
Myrciaria ferruginea O.Berg - Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais
Myrciaria floribunda (H.West ex Willd.) O.Berg – Rumberry, guavaberry - from Mexico + West Indies to Paraguay
Myrciaria glanduliflora (Kiaersk.) Mattos & D.Legrand - Minas Gerais
Myrciaria glazioviana (Kiaersk.) G.M.Barroso ex Sobral – Cabeludinha, yellow jaboticaba - E Brazil
Myrciaria glomerata O.Berg – Red cabeludinha - E Brazil
Myrciaria guaquiea (Kiaersk.) Mattos & D.Legrand - E Brazil
Myrciaria ibarrae Lundell - Guatemala, Campeche, Quintana Roo
Myrciaria myrtifolia Alain - Puerto Rico
Myrciaria pallida O.Berg - SE Brazil
Myrciaria pilosa Sobral & Couto - Bahia, Minas Gerais
Myrciaria plinioides Legr. - S Brazil
Myrciaria puberulenta B.Holst - S Venezuela
Myrciaria racemosa M.L.Kawas. - Ecuador
Myrciaria rojasii D.Legrand. - Brazil, Paraguay
Myrciaria rupestris (Ekman & Urb.) Z.Acosta - W Cuba
Myrciaria strigipes O.Berg – Beach cabeludinha - E Brazil
Myrciaria tenella (DC.) O.Berg - Hispaniola, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
Myrciaria una Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas - NE Brazil
Myrciaria vexator McVaugh – Blue grape - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela
Myrciaria vismeifolia (Benth.) O.Berg- Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, N Brazil, Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Hibisceae
Genus: Abelmoschus, Bolivia

Formerly placed here

Plinia cauliflora (Gardner) O.Berg (as M. cauliflora (Mart.) O.Berg and *M. jaboticaba (Vell.) O.Berg)

References

"Genus: Myrciaria O. Berg". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
lectotype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 143 (30 Jul 1956)
Tropicos, Myrciaria O.Berg
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 136, 320-338 in Latin
"GRIN Species Records of Myrciaria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
"Myrciaria O.Berg". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-01-15.