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Psidium guajava

L.

Common Guava

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.135070
Element CodePDMRT0E030
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderMyrtales
FamilyMyrtaceae
GenusPsidium
Other Common Names
Guajava (ES) guava (EN) Guava (EN) Guayaba (ES) Kuawa (HAW)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Review Date1994-03-22
Change Date1994-03-22
Edition Date1994-04-21
Edition AuthorsBlythe, K. (TNC-LASP)
Rank Reasons
Native of tropical America from southern Mexico to South America. (The range greatly extended through cultivation. Planted and naturalized also in southern Florida including Florida Keys, Bermuda, and throughout West Indies from Bahamas and Cuba to Trinidad, and south to Brazil. Chiefly on the coastal plains but also in the lower mountain regions of Puerto Rico.)
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNA
ProvinceRankNative
FloridaSNANo
HawaiiSNANo
Plant Characteristics
DurationPERENNIAL, Long-lived
Economic Value (Genus)Yes
Roadless Areas (1)
Florida (1)
AreaForestAcres
Alexander Springs CreekOcala National Forest2,954
References (5)
  1. Bernardi, Luciano. 1985. Contribución a la dendrología paraguaya. Boissiera 37: 1-294. Mémoires de botanique systematique, conservatoire et jardin botaniques de Genéve, Génova.
  2. Brucher, H. 1989. Useful Plants of Neotropical Origin and Their Wild Relatives. Springer-Verlag. New York. 296 pp.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  4. Little, E., Jr. & Wadsworth, F. 1964. Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 548 páges.
  5. Little, E.L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees (native and naturalized). Agriculture Handbook No. 541. U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. 375 pp.