Feijoa

Acca sellowiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Myrteae
Subtribus: Pimentinae
Genus: Feijoa
Species: F. sellowiana

Name

Feijoa O.Berg, Linnaea 29: 258. (1858)

• monotypic taxon

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Uruguay Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Introduced into: Colombia, Costa Rica, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, New Zealand South, Tanzania, Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Berg, O.K. 1858. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 29: 258.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A., Sobral, M., Ashton, P.S., Barrie, F.R., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.R., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C.E.B., Soares-Silva, L.H., Wilson, P.G. & Lucas, E. 2008. World Checklist of Myrtaceae. 455 pp. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-391-8 Reference page. 
• Lucas, E.J., Holst, B., Sobral, M., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E.M., Barnes Proença, C.E., Ribeiro da Costa, I. & Vasconcelos, T.N., 2019. A new subtribal classification of tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae). Systematic Botany 44(3): 560-569. DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15620113920608 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Feijoa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Feijoa. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Feijoa, Pineapple Guava

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