Pimenta Lindl.

  • Family

    Myrtaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Pimenta Lindl.

  • 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.

  • Floras and Monographs

    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.