Biology:Acca (plant)
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Tribe: | Myrteae |
Genus: | Acca O.Berg |
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Acca is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Myrtaceae that is native to Bolivia and Peru.[1] The scientific name of the genus is from a native Peruvian name for A. macrostema.[2]
Acca was first described as a genus in 1856.[3][4] The genus comprises two 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Plants of the World Online: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:27388-1.
- ↑ Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names : a quick reference guide to 4000 garden plants (1st ed.). Portland, Or.: Timber Press. pp. 6. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2. OCLC 741564356. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741564356.
- ↑ Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 138-140. in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Acca O. Berg
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3603920 entry
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