Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae
Psidium genus oftrees andshrubs in thefamily Myrtaceae . It is native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (Mexico ,Central andSouth America , theWest Indies theGalápagos islands).[ 3] [ 4] guava ,Psidium guajava .
new leaves of Psidium inWest Bengal , India. This genus was described first by Linnaeus in 1753.[ 5] [ 6]
Fossils are known from thePaleogene of Patagonia.[ 7]
78 species are accepted.[ 2]
Psidium acidum (Mart. ex DC.) Landrum – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern BrazilPsidium acranthum Urb. – HispaniolaPsidium acutangulum DC. – Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia and west-central BrazilPsidium albescens Urb. – JamaicaPsidium amplexicaule Pers. – Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Is., and northeastern BrazilPsidium appendiculatum Kiaersk. – northern Venezuela and eastern BrazilPsidium araucanum Soares-Silva & Proença –São Paulo ,Paraná Psidium australe Cambess. – central Colombia to Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)Psidium bahianum Landrum & Funch –Bahia Psidium brevipedunculatum Tuler & Landrum –Bahia Psidium brownianum Mart. ex DC. – northeast BrazilPsidium cattleyanum Sabine – eastern and southern Brazil and Uruguay; naturalized and invasive in HawaiiPsidium cauliflorum Landrum & Sobral – BahiaPsidium cupreum O.Berg – Minas Gerais and Rio de JaneiroPsidium densicomum Mart. ex DC. – Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Peru, and ColombiaPsidium donianum O.Berg –Maranhão Psidium eugenii Kiaersk. – southeastern BrazilPsidium firmum O.Berg – BrazilPsidium friedrichsthalianum (O.Berg) Nied. – southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and VenezuelaPsidium fulvum McVaugh – PeruPsidium ganevii Landrum & Funch –Bahia Psidium glaziovianum Kiaersk. – southeastern BrazilPsidium grandifolium Mart. ex DC. – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern ArgentinaPsidium grazielae Tuler & M.C.Souza – Espírito SantoPsidium guajava L. – Central and South America, West Indies, Mexico,Florida ,Louisiana ,Arizona ;[ 8] Psidium guayaquilense Landrum & Cornejo – EcuadorPsidium guineense Sw. – Central and South America, Windward Islands, and MexicoPsidium guyanense Pers. – northern Brazil, Venezuela, and French GuianaPsidium harrisianum Urb. – JamaicaPsidium huanucoense Landrum –Huánuco Psidium × hypoglaucum Standl. (P. guajava ×P. guineense ) – Belize, Guatemala, and HondurasPsidium inaequilaterum O.Berg – southeastern BrazilPsidium involutisepalum Tuler, Carrijo & Peixoto – Rio de JaneiroPsidium itanareense O.Berg –São Paulo Psidium jacquinianum (O.Berg) Mattos – unknown; likely South AmericaPsidium kennedyanum Morong – Brazil, Paraguay, NE ArgentinaPsidium langsdorffii O.Berg –Minas Gerais Psidium laruotteanum Cambess. – Costa Rica to ParaguayPsidium longipetiolatum D.Legrand – southern BrazilPsidium macahense O.Berg – Espírito Santo to Rio de JaneiroPsidium maribense Mart. ex DC. – Colombia, Venezuela, N BrazilPsidium minutifolium Krug & Urb. – CubaPsidium misionum D.Legrand – Paraguay andMisiones Psidium montanum Sw. – JamaicaPsidium myrsinites DC. – BrazilPsidium myrtoides O.Berg – BrazilPsidium nannophyllum Alain – Dominican RepPsidium nummularia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) C.Wright – CubaPsidium nutans O.Berg – Brazil and northeastern ArgentinaPsidium oblongatum O.Berg –Minas Gerais ,Espírito Santo Psidium oblongifolium O.Berg – southeastern BrazilPsidium occidentale Landrum & Parra-Os. – southwestern Colombia and EcuadorPsidium oligospermum Mart. ex DC. (synonymsPsidium sartorianum Psidium sintenisii Psidium oncocalyx Burret –Bahia Psidium ovale (Spreng.) Burret –Minas Gerais ,Santa Catarina Psidium parvifolium Griseb. – CubaPsidium pedicellatum McVaugh – Colombia, EcuadorPsidium pigmeum Arruda – southeastern BrazilPsidium pulcherrimum Tuler & C.M.Costa – BahiaPsidium raimondii Burret – PeruPsidium ramboanum Mattos –Mato Grosso Psidium ratterianum Proença & Soares-Silva – BrasíliaPsidium refractum O.Berg –Goiás Psidium rhombeum O.Berg –Bahia Psidium riparium Mart. ex DC. – BrazilPsidium robustum O.Berg –Maranhão ,Minas Gerais ,São Paulo Psidium rostratum McVaugh – PeruPsidium rotundatum Griseb. – CubaPsidium rotundidiscum Proença & Tuler – BahiaPsidium rufum Mart. ex DC. – BrazilPsidium rutidocarpum Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don – PeruPsidium salutare (Kunth) O.Berg – Central and South America, West Indies, southern MexicoPsidium schenckianum Kiaersk. – eastern BrazilPsidium sessiliflorum (Landrum) Proença & Tuler – western BahiaPsidium sorocabense O.Berg – southeastern BrazilPsidium striatulum DC. – Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, SurinamePsidium suffruticosum O.Berg – eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, central, southeastern, and southern BrazilPsidium urquiolanum Landrum & Z.Acosta – eastern Cuba^ "Genus:Psidium L." Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved2010-03-03 .^a b c Psidium L.Plants of the World Online ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 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. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. 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. 1989. Flora de Nicaragua: Myrtaceae. Brenesia 31: 53–73. 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. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps, genusPsidium ^ Jules Janick, Robert E. Paull, ed. (2008).The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts (illustrated ed.). CABI.ISBN 9780851996387 ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 470 in Latin^ Tropicos,Psidium L. ^ Panti, Carolina (2016-05-18)."Myrtaceae fossil leaves from the Río Turbio Formation (Middle Eocene), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina" .Historical Biology .28 (4):459– 469.Bibcode :2016HBio...28..459P .doi :10.1080/08912963.2014.976635 .hdl :11336/19131 ISSN 0891-2963 .S2CID 84988707 . ^ Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map,Psidium guajava Psidium Psidium
