Acca (plant)
| Acca | |
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| Fruit of Acca sellowiana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Acca O.Berg |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Acca (formerly Feijoa) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the Myrtaceae family, first described as a genus in 1856.[2][3]
It is native to South America.[1][4]
Acca sellowiana is cultivated for its edible fruits, known as feijoas or pineapple guavas.
- accepted species[1]
- Acca lanuginosa (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) McVaugh - central + southern Peru
- Acca macrostema (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) McVaugh - Bolivia, central + southern Peru
- Acca sellowiana (O.Berg) Burret - southeastern + southern Brazil, Uruguay, Misiones Province in Argentina
References
- 1 2 3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.
- ↑ Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 138-140. in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Acca O. Berg
- ↑ Govaerts, 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.
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