View source for Psidium ← Psidium You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Psidium |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 470. 1753 |year=1753 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Myrtaceae;Psidium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrtaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Psidium]]</div></div> |etymology=Ancient Greek name psidion for Punica, alluding to supposed resemblance |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub pubescence;shrub pubescence;tree pubescence;tree pubescence;hair architecture"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, glabrous or pubescent, hairs simple.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>sometimes drought deciduous, opposite;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade architecture">blade venation usually brochidodromous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;flower position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;dichasium position;dichasium architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>1-flowered or 3-flowered, axillary, solitary flowers or dichasia;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bracteole duration">bracteoles caducous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>usually 5-merous, sessile or pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="hypanthium shape">hypanthium obconic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="calyx lobe fusion;calyx lobe fusion">calyx lobes distinct or connate beyond summit of ovary to form calyx-tube, sometimes forming calyptra (in closed flower bud, calyptra completely closed or open only as a terminal pore, tearing regularly into 5 lobes or irregularly);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal coloration">petals whitish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity">stamens [100–] 280–720;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary [2-locular or] 3–6-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="placenta prominence;structure architecture">placenta bilamelate, often protruding as a peltate structure;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovule quantity;ovule arrangement;ovule arrangement">ovules 12–180 per locule, biseriate or multiseriate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruits berry coloration;fruits berry coloration;fruits berry coloration;fruits berry coloration;fruits berry coloration;fruits berry shape;fruits berry shape;fruits berry shape;fruits berry shape;fruits berry shape"><b>Fruits </b>berries, green, yellow, or red, pyriform, globose, or subglobose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed quantity"><b>Seeds </b>few–100+;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed-coat reflectance;seed-coat texture;seed-coat texture;seed-coat quantity;cell width;layer width;tissue pubescence or texture;tissue texture">seed-coat dull, bony, densely woody, ca. 9–30 cells thick at narrowest point, covered with thin layer of pulpy tissue when wet, or glaze or crusty tissue when dry;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="embryo course">embryo curved;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="cotyledon orientation;cotyledon arrangement;cotyledon arrangement;cotyledon arrangement;cotyledon height or length or size">cotyledons usually reflexed, linear to elliptic, shorter than hypocotyl.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (except Chile) |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 70 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades glabrous, obovate, oblanceolate, or elliptic, lateral veins 8–13 pairs (weak to obscure); floral buds each usually with a terminal pore, apex rounded. |[[Psidium cattleyanum|Psidium cattleyanum]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades appressed-pubescent abaxially, elliptic, elliptic-oblanceolate, elliptic-obovate, lanceolate, or oblong, lateral veins 9–22 pairs (prominent); floral buds each without terminal pore, apex usually conic. |[[Psidium guajava|Psidium guajava]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Psidium |author=Leslie R. Landrum |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Myrtaceae |distribution=Florida;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (except Chile) |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Psidium |blade architecture=brochidodromous |bracteole duration=caducous |calyx lobe fusion=connate;distinct |cell width=thick |cotyledon arrangement=linear;elliptic |cotyledon height or length or size=shorter |cotyledon orientation=reflexed |dichasium architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |dichasium position=axillary |embryo course=curved |flower architecture=pedi;sessile;5-merous |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |flower position=axillary |fruits berry coloration=red;yellow;red;yellow;green |fruits berry shape=subglobose;globose;subglobose;globose;pyriform |hair architecture=simple |hypanthium shape=obconic |inflorescence architecture=3-flowered;1-flowered |layer width=thin |leaf arrangement=opposite |leaf duration=deciduous |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-6-locular |ovule arrangement=multiseriate;biseriate |ovule quantity=12;180 |petal coloration=whitish |placenta prominence=protruding |seed-coat quantity=9;30 |seed-coat reflectance=dull |seed-coat texture=woody;bony |shrub pubescence=pubescent;glabrous |stamen atypical quantity=100;280 |stamen quantity=280;720 |structure architecture=peltate |tissue pubescence or texture=pulpy |tissue texture=crusty |tree pubescence=pubescent;glabrous }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Myrtaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Myrtaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Psidium.