Plinia

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
Subtribus: Pliniinae
Genus: Plinia
Species: P. arenicola – P. cerrocampanensis – P. coclensis – P. complanata – P. darienensis – P. dermatodes – P. edulis – P. espinhacensis – P. gentryi – P. glomerata – P. guanacastensis – P. moralesii – P. nicaraguensis – P. panamensis – P. pauciflora – P. pinnata – P. rupestris – P. salamancana
Name

Plinia L., Sp. Pl. 516. 1753.

Type species: P. pinnata
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References

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Oct 01 [1].

Vernacular names

Plinia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described by Linnaeus in 1753.[3][4] It is native to Central and South America as well as the West Indies.[2][5][6][7][8]

Species[2][9]

Plinia abeggii - Hispaniola
Plinia anonyma - SE Brazil
Plinia arenicola - W Cuba
Plinia asa-grayi - Cuba
Plinia baileyi - Trinidad and Tobago
Plinia baracoensis - Cuba
Plinia brachybotrya - S Brazil
Plinia callosa - Bahia
Plinia caricensis - Hispaniola
Plinia cauliflora - S Brazil, Bolivia
Plinia cerrocampanensis - Panama
Plinia cidrensis - Massif du Nord in Haiti
Plinia clausa - N Peru
Plinia coclensis - Panama
Plinia complanata - São Paulo
Plinia cordifolia - S Brazil
Plinia coronata - SE Brazil
Plinia costata - Guyana, Suriname
Plinia cubensis - Cuba
Plinia cuspidata - Costa Rica, Panama
Plinia darienensis - Panama
Plinia dermatodes - Cuba
Plinia duplipilosa - Loreto
Plinia edulis - S Brazil, NE Argentina
Plinia ekmaniana - Massif du Nord in Haiti
Plinia espinhacensis - Minas Gerais
Plinia formosa - Cuba
Plinia gentryi - Panama
Plinia grandifolia - S Brazil
Plinia guanacastensis - Costa Rica
Plinia hatschbachii - Paraná
Plinia icardiana - Massif de la Hotte
Plinia ilhensis - Rio de Janeiro
Plinia inflata - N Brazil
Plinia involucrata - N Brazil, Venezuela
Plinia longiacuminata - Bahia
Plinia martinellii - Rio de Janeiro
Plinia microcycla - Dominican Rep
Plinia moaensis - Cuba
Plinia moralesii - Costa Rica
Plinia muricata - Bahia
Plinia nana - Minas Gerais
Plinia nicaraguensis - Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Plinia oblongata - São Paulo
Plinia orthoclada - Cuba
Plinia panamensis - Panama
Plinia pauciflora - São Paulo
Plinia peroblata - Belize
Plinia peruviana - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina
Plinia phitrantha - São Paulo, Minas Gerais
Plinia pinnata - Lesser Antilles, Trinidad
Plinia povedae - Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama
Plinia punctata - Cuba
Plinia puriscalensis - Costa Rica
Plinia ramosissima - Cuba
Plinia rara - Bahia
†Plinia recurvata - Cuba but extinct
Plinia renatiana - Espírito Santo
Plinia rivularis - Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
Plinia rogersiana - São Paulo
Plinia salamancana - Panama
Plinia salticola - Costa Rica, Panama
Plinia sebastianopolitana - Rio de Janeiro
Plinia spiciflora - E Brazil
Plinia spirito-santensis - SE Brazil
Plinia stenophylla - Cuba
Plinia subavenia - Espírito Santo, Bahia
Plinia yasuniana - Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

References

"Genus: Plinia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 516 in Latin
Tropicos, Plinia L.
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.
Barrie, F. R. 2004. Synopsis of Plinia (Myrtaceae) in Mesoamerica. Novon 14(4): 380–400
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. 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
"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.