Characteristics
Dicots
Psidium guajava L.
GUAVA
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Not Native
FAC (NWPL)
FISC(I)
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Citation
PSIDIUM GUAJAVA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 470. 1753.
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Cult. in Netherlands, without data, Herb. Clifford 184 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by McVaugh, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 2: 523. 1989.
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Type
Guajava pyrifera
Guajava pyrifera Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239. 1891, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Guajava pyriformis Gaertner 1788; Psidium pyriferum Linnaeus 1762, nom. illegit.; Psidium guajava Linnaeus 1753.
Guajava pyrifera var. pomifera
Guajava pyrifera Kuntze, var. pomifera Kuntzer, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239. 1891.
BASIONYM: Psidium pomiferum Linnaeus 1762, nom. illegit.; Psidium cujavus Linnaeus 1754.
Guajava pyriformis
Guajava pyriformis Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 185. 1788.
BASIONYM: Psidium guajava Linnaeus 1753.
Myrtus guajava
Myrtus guajava (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 91. 1898.
BASIONYM: Psidium guajava Linnaeus 1753.
Myrtus guajava var. pyrifera
Myrtus guajava (Linnaeus) Kuntze, var. pyrifera Grisebach ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 91. 1898, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Myrtus guajava (Linnaeus) Kuntze 1898; Guaiava pyrifera Kuntze 1891, nom. illegit.; Guaiava pyriformis Gaertner 1788; Psidium pyriferum Linnaeus 1762, nom. illegit.; Psidium guajava Linnaeus 1753.
Psidium angustifolium
Psidium angustifolium Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 17. 1789, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Psidium cujavillus Burman f. 1768.
Psidium aromaticum
Psidium aromaticum Blanco, Fl. Filip. 417. 1837, non Aublet 1775, nec Descourtilz 1827.
TYPE: PHILIPPINES:
Psidium cujavillus
Psidium cujavillus Burman f., Fl. Indica 114. 1768.
TYPE: INDIA: Without data (holotype: Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 1: t. 49. 1741).
Psidium cujavus
Psidium cujavus Linnaeus, Herb. Amb. 7. 1754; Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 1055. 1759.
TYPE: INDONESIA: Witout data (holotype: Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 1: t. 48. 1741).
Psidium fragrans
Psidium fragrans Macfadyen, Fl. Jamaica 2: 108. 1850.
TYPE: JAMAICA:
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