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Psidium guajava L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 470 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000284421.

Synonyms of Psidium guajava L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 91 (1898) wfo-0000248844
Psidium angustifolium Lam. Encycl. 3: 16 (1789) wfo-0000284290
Psidium aromaticum Blanco Fl. Filip. : 417 (1837) wfo-0000284308
Psidium cujavillus Burm.f. Fl. Indica : 114 (1768) wfo-0000284369
Psidium cujavus L. Herb. Amb. : 7 (1754) wfo-0000284370
Psidium fragrans Macfad. Fl. Jamaica 2: 108 (1850) wfo-0000284403
Psidium globosum Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 168 (1923) wfo-0000284415
Psidium guajava var. minor Mattos Loefgrenia 70: 5 (1976) wfo-0000284422
Psidium igatemyense Barb.Rodr. Myrt. Paraguay : 10 (1903) wfo-0000284442
Psidium intermedium Zipp. ex Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 72 (1850) wfo-0000284456
Psidium longifolium Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 229 (1827) wfo-0000284482
Psidium pomiferum L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2. : 672 (1762) wfo-0000284568
Psidium prostratum O.Berg Linnaea 27: 364 (1856) wfo-0000284572
Psidium pumilum Vahl Symb. Bot. 2: 56 (1791) wfo-0000284579
Psidium pyriferum L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2. : 672 (1762) wfo-0000284583
Psidium sapidissimum Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 62 (1798) wfo-0000284612
Psidium vulgare Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 110 (1792) wfo-0000284667
Syzygium ellipticum K.Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee : 476 (1900) wfo-0000318593
Psidium guajava var. cujavillum (Burm.f.) Krug & Urb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 566 (1894) wfo-0000799205
Psidium pumilum var. guadalupense DC. Prodr. 3: 233 (1828) wfo-0000799224
Psidium pyriferum var. glabrum Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 318 (1840) wfo-0000799225
Myrtus guajava var. pyrifera (Kuntze) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 91 (1898) wfo-0000910389
Guajava pumila (Vahl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 240 (1891) wfo-0000975927
Guajava pyrifera Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 239 (1891) wfo-0000975928
Psidium igatemyensis Barb.Rodr. Myrt. Paraguay 10, pl. 13. 1903 wfo-0001086246
Psidium guayava Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. 241 1860 wfo-0001086289
Psidium pomiferum var. sapidissimum (Jacq.) DC. Prodr. 3: 234 (1828) wfo-0001086291
Psidium chodatianum Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 797 (1907) wfo-0001086335
Psidium ellipticum Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 799 (1907) wfo-0001086336
Psidium guajava var. guajava wfo-0001086392
Psidium crispum Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 798 (1907) wfo-0001086490
Psidium subcrenatum Barb.Rodr. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 799 (1907) wfo-0001086494
Psidium pumilum var. intermedium Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 72 (1821) wfo-1200019889
Psidium pumilum var. rufescens Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 71 (1821) wfo-1200019929
Psidium guajava f. cujavillus (Burm.f.) O.Deg. & I.Deg. Fl. Hawaiiensis 273: [s.p.] (1959) wfo-1200026236