Psidium L.
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Family
Myrtaceae (Magnoliophyta)
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Scientific Name
Psidium L.
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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.
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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.