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Psidium

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Psidium is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (Mexico, Central and South America, the West Indies, and the Galápagos Islands). Many of the species bear edible fruits, and for this reason several are cultivated commercially. The most popularly cultivated species is the common guava, Psidium guajava.

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Psidium is a genus of plants within the family Myrtaceae. It belongs to the order Myrtales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1753 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its parent taxon is Myrteae. Common names for the group include guava and 番石榴属. A general characteristic noted for the genus is that the fleshy mesocarp distinguishes Psidium from other members of the Myrtaceae family.

Specimen records for Psidium are held by institutions including FMNH, CICY, IIB-UV, UNICACH, and YPM. These records originate from the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. The genus is the subject of 1551 PubMed entries and has 3826 associated records with 998 media files in the iDigBio database.

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Species

Genus

  1. PhylumTracheophyta
  2. ClassMagnoliopsida
  3. OrderMyrtales
  4. FamilyMyrtaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba

General: in the fleshy mesocarp should distinguish Psidium from other Myrtaceae

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Specimen records
3,826
With media
998
Family
Myrtaceae
Collections
FMNH, CICY, IIB-UV, UNICACH, YPM, INECOL
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Brazil
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Research

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Psidium is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere (Mexico, Central and South America, the West Indies, and the Galápagos Islands). Many of the species bear edible fruits, and for this reason several are cultivated commercially. The most popularly cultivated species is the common guava, Psidium guajava.

==Taxonomy== thumb|new leaves of Psidium in West Bengal, India. This genus was described first by Linnaeus in 1753.

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