Myrciaria

Not to be confused with Myrcia, also in family Myrtaceae, or Myrica, in family Myricaeae, or Myricaria, in family Tamaricaceae.

Myrciaria
Seeds of M. dubia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Myrciaria
O.Berg[1]
Type species
Myrciaria tenella
(DC.) O. Berg[2][3]
Synonyms[4][1]
  • Myrciariopsis Kausel
  • Paramyrciaria Kausel

Myrciaria is a genus of large shrubs and small trees described as a genus in 1856.[5][3] It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies, with many of the species endemic to Brazil.[4] Common names include hivapuru, sabará, and ybapuru.

The jaboticabas are a significant commercial fruit in Brazil. The fruit is grapelike in size and appearance, and often likened to a muscadine grape in taste. Myrciaria dubia, the camu-camu berry, is grown primarily in flood-zone areas of Peru and has one of the highest vitamin C (ascorbic acid) concentrations of any fruit, alongside Terminalia ferdinandiana.

accepted species[4][6][7]
  1. Myrciaria alagoana Sobral - Alagoas
  2. Myrciaria alta T.B.Flores & Sobral - Espírito Santo
  3. Myrciaria borinquena Alain - Puerto Rico
  4. Myrciaria cambuca Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas - E Brazil
  5. Myrciaria cordata O.Berg - Guyana, Bolívar, N Brazil
  6. Myrciaria cuspidata O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  7. Myrciaria delicatula (DC.) O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
  8. Myrciaria disticha O.Berg - E Brazil
  9. Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh – Camu-camu - Guyana, Venezuela, N Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  10. Myrciaria evanida Sobral - E Brazil
  11. Myrciaria ferruginea O.Berg - Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais
  12. Myrciaria floribunda (H.West ex Willd.) O.Berg – Rumberry, guavaberry - from Mexico + West Indies to Paraguay
  13. Myrciaria glanduliflora (Kiaersk.) Mattos & D.Legrand - Minas Gerais
  14. Myrciaria glazioviana (Kiaersk.) G.M.Barroso ex Sobral – Cabeludinha, yellow jaboticaba - E Brazil
  15. Myrciaria glomerata O.Berg – Red cabeludinha - E Brazil
  16. Myrciaria guaquiea (Kiaersk.) Mattos & D.Legrand - E Brazil
  17. Myrciaria ibarrae Lundell - Guatemala, Campeche, Quintana Roo
  18. Myrciaria myrtifolia Alain - Puerto Rico
  19. Myrciaria pallida O.Berg - SE Brazil
  20. Myrciaria pilosa Sobral & Couto - Bahia, Minas Gerais
  21. Myrciaria plinioides Legr. - S Brazil
  22. Myrciaria puberulenta B.Holst - S Venezuela
  23. Myrciaria racemosa M.L.Kawas. - Ecuador
  24. Myrciaria rojasii D.Legrand. - Brazil, Paraguay
  25. Myrciaria rupestris (Ekman & Urb.) Z.Acosta - W Cuba
  26. Myrciaria strigipes O.Berg – Beach cabeludinha - E Brazil
  27. Myrciaria tenella (DC.) O.Berg - Hispaniola, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
  28. Myrciaria una Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas - NE Brazil
  29. Myrciaria vexator McVaugh – Blue grape - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela
  30. Myrciaria vismeifolia (Benth.) O.Berg- Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, N Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
  1. ^ a b "Genus: Myrciaria O. Berg". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  2. ^ lectotype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: 143 (30 Jul 1956)
  3. ^ a b Tropicos, Myrciaria O.Berg
  4. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 136, 320-338 in Latin
  6. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Myrciaria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  7. ^ "Myrciaria O.Berg". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-01-15.