Feijoa

Acca sellowiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Myrteae
Subtribus: Pimentinae
Genus: Feijoa
Species: F. sellowiana

Name

Feijoa O.Berg, Linnaea 29: 258. (1858)

• monotypic taxon

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Orthostemon O.Berg, Linnaea 27(4): 440. (1856), nom. illeg.

References

• Berg, O.K. 1858. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 29: 258.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Feijoa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Feijoa. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2024.
• Lucas, E.J., Holst, B., Sobral, M., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E.M., Barnes Proença, C.E., Ribeiro da Costa, I. & Vasconcelos, T.N., 2019. A new subtribal classification of tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae). Systematic Botany 44(3): 560-569. DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15620113920608 PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Feijoa, Pineapple Guava

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