Plinia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described by Linnaeus in 1753.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 516 in LatinTropicos, Plinia L. It is native to Central and South America as well as the West Indies.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Barrie, F. R. 2004. Synopsis of Plinia (Myrtaceae) in Mesoamerica. Novon 14(4): 380–400Landrum, L. R. & M. L. Kawasaki. 1997. The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49(4): 508–536.Sánchez-Vindas, P. E. 2001. Calycolpus, Eugenia, Myrcia, Myrcianthes, Myrciaria, Pimenta, Plinia, Psidium, Syzygium, Ugni. En: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(2): 1566, 1570–1574, 1575–1580
Species 69 species are accepted.
Formerly placed here Eugenia martinellii , as Plinia martinellii Eugenia sebastianopolitana , as Plinia ilhensis and P. sebastianopolitana Myrciaria cidrensis , as Plinia cidrensis Myrciaria dermatodes , as Plinia dermatodes Myrcia ekmaniana , as Plinia ekmaniana Myrciaria formosa , as Plinia formosa Myrciaria icardiana , as Plinia icardiana Myrciaria microcycla , as Plinia microcycla – Dominican Rep Myrciaria moaensis , as Plinia moaensis – Cuba Myrciaria orthoclada , as Plinia orthoclada – Cuba Myrciaria punctata , as Plinia punctata Myrciaria ramosissima , as Plinia ramosissima – Cuba †Myrciaria recurvata , as Plinia recurvata Myrciaria stenophylla , as Plinia stenophylla
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