4/5/2020 Eugenia - Wikipedia Eugenia Eugenia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, Eugenia distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,100 species occur in the New World tropics, especially in the northern Andes, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Forest (coastal forests) of eastern Brazil. Other centers of diversity include New Caledonia and Madagascar. Many of the species that occur in the Old World have received a new classification into the genus Syzygium.[3] All species are woody evergreen trees and shrubs. Several are grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage, and Eugenia sprengelii a few produce edible fruit that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies. Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Contents Clade: Angiosperms Species Clade: Eudicots Taxonomy Clade: Rosids Ecology Order: Myrtales References Family: Myrtaceae Species Subfamily: Myrtoideae Tribe: Myrteae Selected species include: Genus: Eugenia L.[1] Eugenia angustissima O.Berg – needle-leaf cherry Eugenia azeda M.Sobral – feijoa pitanga Type species Eugenia brasiliensis Lam. – grumichama (Brazil) Eugenia uniflora Eugenia candolleana – rainforest plum L. Eugenia capensis – dune myrtle, Eastern Cape myrtle (South Africa) Species Eugenia cerasiflora Miq. Eugenia cereja D.Legrand – mountain cherry Over 1,100; see List of Eugenia Eugenia copacabanensis – Copacabana Beach pitanga species (Atlantic Coast restingas in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) [2] Eugenia coronata Synonyms Eugenia dysenterica DC. a.k.a. Stenocalyx dysentericus O.Berg List Eugenia earthiana (Costa Rica) Eugenia fernandopoana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenia 1/3 4/5/2020 Eugenia - Wikipedia Eugenia florida – rainforest cherry, guamirim cereja Eugenia foetida Eugenia fulva Eugenia involucrata – cherry of the Rio Grande Eugenia klotzschiana O.Berg – cerrado pear Eugenia koolauensis O.Deg – Koʻolau eugenia, nioi (Islands of Molokaʻi and Oʻahu in Hawaii) Eugenia lamprophylla Eugenia luschnathiana Klotzsch & O.Berg – Bahia pitomba (Bahia, Brazil), not to be confused with Talisia esculenta Eugenia mabaeoides Wight. Eugenia neomyrtifolia Eugenia orbiculata Eugenia palumbis – agatelang Eugenia petrikensis Eugenia pitanga (O.Berg ex Mart.) Kiaersk. – pitanga-peba, creeping pitanga Eugenia punicifolia (Kunth) DC. Eugenia pyriformis Brazil – uvaia, uvalha Eugenia reinwardtiana (Blume) DC. – mountain stopper, Cedar Bay cherry, beach cherry (Queensland in Australia, Indonesia, Pacific Islands) Eugenia repanda – pitanga-jambo Eugenia roxburghii DC. Eugenia selloi – pitanga-tuba, pitangola Eugenia sellowiana – field uvaia, field perinha, sweet uvainha Eugenia singampattiana Beddome Eugenia speciosa – ibaijuba, bush orange Eugenia stipitata McVaugh – arazá-boi (Amazon Rainforest) Eugenia subterminalis – bush cherry, smooth pitanga of the shade Eugenia sulcata – pitanga-preta Eugenia truncata Eugenia umtamvunensis (South Africa) Eugenia uniflora L. – Suriname cherry, pitanga (Neotropics) Eugenia uruguayensis Cambess. Eugenia victoriana – guayabilla (northern South America) Taxonomy The genus was named in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy.[4] Many species new to science have been and are in the process of being described from these regions. For example, 37 new species of Eugenia have been described from Mesoamerica in the past few years. At least 20 new species are currently in the process of being described from New Caledonia, and approximately the same number of species new to science may occur in Madagascar. Despite the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenia 2/3 4/5/2020 Eugenia - Wikipedia enormous ecological importance of the myrtle family in Australia (e.g. Eucalyptus, Corymbia, Angophora, Melaleuca, Callistemon, Rhodamnia, Gossia), only one species of Eugenia, E. reinwardtiana, occurs on that continent. The genus also is represented in Africa south of the Sahara, but it is relatively species-poor on that continent. In the past some botanists included the morphologically similar Old World genus Syzygium in Eugenia, but research by Rudolf Schmid in the early 1970s convinced most botanists that the genera are easily separable. Research by van Wyk and colleagues in South Africa suggests the genus may comprise at least two major lineages, recognizable by anatomical and other features. Many species formerly placed in Eugenia have been moved to Syzygium.[5] Two others have been reassigned to Pimenta.[6] Ecology Eugenia species are sometimes used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genera Aenetus (including A. splendens) and Endoclita (including E. damor and E. malabaricus). Aenetus species burrow horizontally into the trunk then vertically down. Other Lepidoptera larvae which feed on Eugenia include Eupseudosoma aberrans and the snowy eupseudosoma. References 1. "Genus: Eugenia L." (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4500) Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2010-12-12. 2. "WCSP" (http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=74214). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved March 8, 2014. 3. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/advanced-search.php 4. Stearn, W. T. (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. 5. Wrigley, John W.; Fagg, Murray A. (2003). Australian native plants: cultivation, use in landscaping and propagation (Fifth ed.). 6. "The All-spice Genus Pimenta (Myrtaceae) from Hispaniola One New Species, Pimenta berciliae, Two New Combinations and Taxonomic Notes" (http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2018/04/pimenta-hispa niola.html). Retrieved 24 April 2018. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eugenia&oldid=928260858" This page was last edited on 27 November 2019, at 22:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenia 3/3.