Eugenia koolauensis

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Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Myrtaceae

Trees or shrubs , evergreen , usually with essential oils-containing cavities in foliage , branchlets , and flowers. Stipules absent or small and caducous . Leaves opposite, occasionally alternate, occasionally ternate or pseudo-whorled; leaf blade with secondary veins pinnate or basal, often with intramarginal veins near margin , margin usually entire. Inflorescences axillary or terminal , cymose but variously arranged, 1- to many-flowered. Flowers bisexual , sometimes polygamous, actinomorphic . Hypanthium usually adnate to ovary and prolonged above it. Calyx lobes (3 or) 4 or 5 or more, distinct or connate into a calyptra. Petals 4 or 5, sometimes absent, distinct or connate into a calyptra, sometimes coherent and pseudocalyptrate. Stamens usually numerous , in 1 to several whorls; filaments distinct or connate into 5 bundles opposite petals; anthers 2-celled, dorsifixed or basifixed , dehiscing longitudinally or rarely terminally; connectives usually terminating in 1 or more apical glands . Ovary inferior, semi-inferior, or very rarely superior, carpels 2 to more, locules 1 to many, pseudoseptum sometimes present, placentation usually axile but occasionally parietal ; ovules 1 to several per locule. Style single; stigma single. Fruit a capsule, berry, drupaceous berry, or drupe, 1- to many-seeded. Seeds without endosperm or endosperm sparse and thin; testa cartilaginous or thinly membranous, sometimes absent; embryo straight or curved .

About 130 genera and 4500-5000 species: Mediterranean region, sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, tropical and temperate Asia, Australia, Pacific islands, tropical and South America; 10 genera (five introduced ) and 121 species (50 endemic, 32 introduced treated here) in China.

Many Myrtaceae are cultivated garden ornamentals , street trees, or plantation trees. Some members of tribe Syzygieae are grown as fruit crops. In addition to the cultivated members of the family treated here, some others grown in China include Acca sellowiana (O. Berg ) Burrett (Feijoa sellowiana (O. Berg) O. Berg), Myrtus communis Linnaeus, and Syncarpia glomulifera (Smith) Niedenzu.[1]

Genus Eugenia

Trees or shrubs . Leaves opposite, petiolate ; leaf blade pinnately veined. Inflorescences axillary or often lateral below leaves. Flowers bisexual , solitary or clustered. Hypanthium short. Calyx lobes 4. Petals 4. Stamens numerous ; anthers parallel, longitudinally dehiscent . Ovary 2- or 3-loculed; ovules many per locule, amphitropous . Fruit a berry, with persistent sepals at apex. Seed usually 1, embryo straight, with 2 fully or partly fused massive cotyledons.

About 1000 species: mostly in tropical America but also in Africa, S and SE Asia, Australia, Madagascar, Mascarenes, New Caledonia, and the Pacific islands; one species commonly cultivated in S China.[2]

Physical Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [3].

Ecology: A small tree which, in the past, has been collected from lowland dry forest .[3].

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Eugenia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 68 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

E. aggregata (Cere Jodo Rio Grande) · E. apiculata (Short-Leaf Eugenia) · E. axillaris (White Stopper) · E. bellonis (Puerto Rico Stopper) · E. biflora (Blackrodwood) · E. boqueronensis (Sierra De Cayey Stopper) · E. borinquensis (Guayabota De Sierra) · E. brasiliensis (Brazilian Cherries) · E. braziliensis (Grumichama) · E. cacuminis (Cerro La Torrecilla Stopper) · E. carolinensis (Eugenia) · E. confusa (Red Berry Stopper) · E. cordata (Lathberry) · E. cordata var. sintenisii (Lathberry) · E. corozalensis (Sperry Guava) · E. cumini (Kavika Ni India) · E. deflexa (Cieneguillo) · E. dombeyi (Grumix-Aneira of Brazil) · E. domingensis (Serrette Guave) · E. earhartii (Earhart's Stopper) · E. eggersii (Guasabara) · E. eucalyptoides (Eucalypt Eugenia) · E. foetida (Boxleaf Stopper) · E. fragrans (Twinberry Stopper) · E. glabrata (Smooth Rodwood) · E. haematocarpa (Luquillo Mountain Stopper) · E. hastilis (Bois De Clous) · E. involucrata (Cherry of the Rio Grande) · E. jambos (Kavika Ni Vavalangi) · E. jutiapensis (Icaco Silvestre) · E. klotzschiana (Peradocampo) · E. koolauensis (Koolau Eugenia) · E. koolauensis var. glabra (Nioi) · E. laevis (Bayamon Stopper) · E. ligustrina (Privet Stopper) · E. ligustrina var. hebecarpa (Privet Stopper) · E. luschnathiana (Pitomba) · E. malaccensis (Malay-Apple) · E. monticola (Birdcherry) · E. myrtifolia 'Globulus' (Dwarf Brush Cherry) · E. myrtifolia 'Monterey Bay' (Brush Cherry) · E. myrtifolia 'Nanum' (Teenie Genie ® Miniature Brush Cherry) · E. myrtifolia 'Variegata' (Lemon Swirl® Australian Brush Cherry) · E. nitida (Eugenia) · E. oleaeoides (Black Lantern Fish) · E. pachychlamys (Guayabillo) · E. padronii (Padron's Stopper) · E. patrisii (Turtle Berry) · E. procera (Rockmyrtle) · E. pseudopsidium (Christmas Cherry) · E. reinwardtiana (Mountain Stopper) · E. rhombea (Red Stopper) · E. samarangense (Eugenia) · E. samoense (Eugenia) · E. serrasuela (Serrasuela) · E. sessiliflora (Sessileleaf Stopper) · E. sintenisii (Lathberry) · E. stahlii (Stahl's Stopper) · E. stelechanthoides (Eugenia) · E. stewardsonii (Stewardson's Stopper) · E. stipitata (Araca-Boi) · E. supraaxillaris (Redrodwood Eugenia) · E. umbellulifera (Ciruelas) · E. underwoodii (Underwood's Stopper) · E. uniflora (Brazilian Cherry) · E. uvalha (Uvalha) · E. woodburyana (Woodbury's Stopper) · E. xerophytica (Aridland Stopper)

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Further Reading

• The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 215.
• Chang Hung-ta & Miau Ru-hwai. 1984. Myrtaceae. In: Chen Chieh, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 53(1): 28-135.
• Chang Hung-ta & Miau Ru-hwai. 1984. Myrtaceae. In: Chen Chieh, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 53(1): 28-135.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Center for Plant Conservation Plant Profile for Eugenia koolauensis. Accessed January 15, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Eugenia koolauensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 15, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2651150
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-75612
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15642728
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:594805-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 320433
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 27194
• IUCN ID: 208727
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDMRT030J0
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: Q33F
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: EUMO2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 38910

Footnotes

1. Jie Chen & Lyn A. Craven "Myrtaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 321. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Jie Chen & Lyn A. Craven "Eugenia". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 321, 331. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Eugenia koolauensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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