Psidium L.

  • Family

    Myrtaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Psidium L.

  • Description

    Author: Maria Lúcia Kawsaki

    Description: Inflorescences usually dichasial or flowers solitary, the bracteoles deciduous; hypanthium prolonged above ovary apex; calyx lobes fused in our flora, irregularly tearing into 3-5 segments, persistent or deciduous; petals 5; ovary 2-5-locular, the ovules many per locule, the stigma capitate. Fruits yellowish-green to yellow, crowned by remnants of the calyx lobes. Seeds many, the seed coat bony; embryo myrtoid.

    Diversity and distribution: Ca. 100 species in the Neotropics.

    Taxonomic notes: This description was prepared for the Plants and Lichens of Saba project.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Psidium L.: [Article] Maguire, Bassett. 1969. The botany of the Guayana Highland-part VIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 1-290.

    Psidium L.: [Article] Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

    Psidium L.: [Book] Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.