Characteristics
Dicots
Eugenia uniflora L.
SURINAM CHERRY
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Not Native UPL (NWPL) FISC(I)
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Classification
MYRTALES
Eugenia uniflora L. - SURINAM CHERRY
Citation
EUGENIA UNIFLORA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 470. 1753.
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Cult. in Italy, without data (lectotype: Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen. t. 108. 1729). Lectotypified by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 140. 1956.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

Legend

County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Brevard
USF
 
Broward
USF
 
Charlotte
USF
 
Collier
USF
 
Glades
USF
 
Hendry
PIHG
 
Hillsborough
USF
 
Indian River
PIHG
 
Lee
USF
 
Martin
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Eugenia michelii
Eugenia michelii Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 203. 1789, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Eugenia uniflora Linnaeus 1753.
 
Myrtus brasiliana
Myrtus brasiliana Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 471. 1753.
 
TYPE: BRAZIL: Without data (lectotype: LINN 637.5). Lectotypified by Wijnands, Bot. Commelins 155. 1983.
Myrtus brasiliana var. normalis
Myrtus brasiliana Linnaeus, var. normalis Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 90. 1898.
BASIONYM: Myrtus brasiliana Linnaeus 1753.
 
Plinia pedunculata
Plinia pedunculata Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 253. 1782 ("1781"), nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Plinia rubra Linnaeus 1767.
 
Plinia rubra
Plinia rubra Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 243. 1767.
 
 
Stenocalyx michelii
Stenocalyx michelii O. Berg, Linnaea 27: 310. 1856, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Eugenia michelii Lamarck 1789, nom. illegit.; Eugenia uniflora Linnaeus 1753.
 
Stenocalyx uniflorus
Stenocalyx uniflorus (Linnaeus) Kausel, Lilloa 32: 331. 1967.
BASIONYM: Eugenia uniflora Linnaeus 1753.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Counties listed: Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, St. Lucie

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1951 - 2015

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Florida
Brevard Co.
Aug 1951
78
E.S. Barghoorn
Sheet 2 of 2.
USA
Florida
Brevard Co.
Aug 1951
78
E.S. Barghoorn
Sheet 1 of 2.
USA
Florida
Brevard Co.
09 May 1973
M0885
A.G. Shuey
USA
Florida
Brevard Co.
11 Sep 2000
12179
C. Slaughter
USA
Florida
Brevard Co.
25 Jun 2004
268
T. MacClendon
USA
Florida
Brevard Co.
07 May 2008
08-34
P. A. Schmalzer
USA
Florida
Broward Co.
19 Apr 1966
29608
O. K. Lakela
This specimen is also R. W. Long 1521.
USA
Florida
Charlotte Co.
29 Apr 2010
1917
A. R. Franck
USA
Florida
Collier Co.
15 Mar 1999
12879
B. F. Hansen
USA
Florida
Glades Co.
28 Aug 2011
2689
A. R. Franck
Plant Photos
Eugenia uniflora - 20
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Eugenia uniflora - 20
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Eugenia uniflora - 20
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Eugenia uniflora - 69
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Eugenia uniflora - 69
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Eugenia uniflora - 69
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Eugenia uniflora - 139
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Eugenia uniflora - 139
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Eugenia uniflora - 139
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Eugenia uniflora - 139
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Eugenia uniflora - 139
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Eugenia uniflora - 139
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Eugenia uniflora - 229
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Eugenia uniflora - 229
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