Taxon Details: Pimenta Lindl.
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Family:
Myrtaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Myrtaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Pimenta Lindl.
Pimenta Lindl.
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Author: Maria Lúcia Kawasaki
Description: Inflorescences paniculate in our flora, the bracteoles deciduous; hypanthium often prolonged above ovary; calyx lobes 5 in our flora, free, persistent; petals 5; ovary 2-locular in our flora, the ovules 4-9 per locule, the stigma punctiform. Fruits usually red to black, crowned by the calyx lobes. Seeds 1 or 2, the seed coat usually membranous to chartaceous; embryo myrtoid.
Diversity and distribution: Ca. 15 species in the Neotropics.
Taxonomic notes: This description was prepared for the Plants and Lichens of Saba project.
Author: Maria Lúcia Kawasaki
Description: Inflorescences paniculate in our flora, the bracteoles deciduous; hypanthium often prolonged above ovary; calyx lobes 5 in our flora, free, persistent; petals 5; ovary 2-locular in our flora, the ovules 4-9 per locule, the stigma punctiform. Fruits usually red to black, crowned by the calyx lobes. Seeds 1 or 2, the seed coat usually membranous to chartaceous; embryo myrtoid.
Diversity and distribution: Ca. 15 species in the Neotropics.
Taxonomic notes: This description was prepared for the Plants and Lichens of Saba project.
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Pimenta Lindl.: [Article] Landrum, Leslie R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45: 1-178.
Pimenta Lindl.: [Article] Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Pimenta Lindl.: [Book] Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Pimenta Lindl.: [Article] Landrum, Leslie R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45: 1-178.
Pimenta Lindl.: [Article] Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
Pimenta Lindl.: [Book] Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.