Myrciaria
Seeds of M. dubia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Myrciaria
O.Berg[1]
Type species
Myrciaria tenella
(DC.) O. Berg[2][3]
Synonyms[4][1]
  • Myrciariopsis Kausel
  • Paramyrciaria Kausel

Myrciaria is a genus of large shrubs and small trees described as a genus in 1856.[5][3] It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies, with many of the species endemic to Brazil.[4] Common names include hivapuru, sabará, and ybapuru.

The jaboticabas are a significant commercial fruit in Brazil. The fruit is grapelike in size and appearance, and often likened to a muscadine grape in taste. Myrciaria dubia, the camu-camu berry, is grown primarily in flood-zone areas of Peru and has one of the highest vitamin C (ascorbic acid) concentrations of any fruit, alongside Terminalia ferdinandiana.

accepted species[4][6][7]
  1. Myrciaria alagoana Sobral - Alagoas
  2. Myrciaria alta T.B.Flores & Sobral - Espírito Santo
  3. Myrciaria borinquena Alain - Puerto Rico
  4. Myrciaria cambuca Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas - E Brazil
  5. Myrciaria cordata O.Berg - Guyana, Bolívar, N Brazil
  6. Myrciaria cuspidata O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  7. Myrciaria delicatula (DC.) O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
  8. Myrciaria disticha O.Berg - E Brazil
  9. Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh – Camu-camu - Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  10. Myrciaria evanida Sobral - E Brazil
  11. Myrciaria ferruginea O.Berg - Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais
  12. Myrciaria floribunda (H.West ex Willd.) O.Berg – Rumberry, guavaberry - from Mexico + West Indies to Paraguay
  13. Myrciaria glanduliflora (Kiaersk.) Mattos & D.Legrand - Minas Gerais
  14. Myrciaria glazioviana (Kiaersk.) G.M.Barroso ex Sobral – Cabeludinha, yellow jaboticaba - E Brazil
  15. Myrciaria glomerata O.Berg – Red cabeludinha - E Brazil
  16. Myrciaria guaquiea (Kiaersk.) Mattos & D.Legrand - E Brazil
  17. Myrciaria ibarrae Lundell - Guatemala, Campeche, Quintana Roo
  18. Myrciaria myrtifolia Alain - Puerto Rico
  19. Myrciaria pallida O.Berg - SE Brazil
  20. Myrciaria pilosa Sobral & Couto - Bahia, Minas Gerais
  21. Myrciaria plinioides Legr. - S Brazil
  22. Myrciaria puberulenta B.Holst - S Venezuela
  23. Myrciaria racemosa M.L.Kawas. - Ecuador
  24. Myrciaria rojasii D.Legrand. - Brazil, Paraguay
  25. Myrciaria rupestris (Ekman & Urb.) Z.Acosta - W Cuba
  26. Myrciaria strigipes O.Berg – Beach cabeludinha - E Brazil
  27. Myrciaria tenella (DC.) O.Berg - Hispaniola, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
  28. Myrciaria una Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas - NE Brazil
  29. Myrciaria vexator McVaugh – Blue grape - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela
  30. Myrciaria vismeifolia (Benth.) O.Berg- Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, N Brazil, Peru, Bolivia

Formerly placed here

  • Plinia cauliflora (Gardner) O.Berg (as M. cauliflora (Mart.) O.Berg and *M. jaboticaba (Vell.) O.Berg)

References

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  1. 1 2 "Genus: Myrciaria O. Berg". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  2. ↑ lectotype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 143 (30 Jul 1956)
  3. 1 2 Tropicos, Myrciaria O.Berg
  4. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 136, 320-338 in Latin
  6. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Myrciaria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  7. ↑ "Myrciaria O.Berg". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-01-15.


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