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Chamguava

Chamguava is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1991. It is native to southern Mexico and Central America.SpeciesChamguava gentlei (Lundell) Landrum - Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras Chamguava musarum (Standl. & Steyerm.) Landrum - Guatemala Chamguava schippii (Standl.) Landrum - Guerrero, Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Panama

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Chamguava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Chamguava
L.R.Landrum

Chamguava is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1991.12 It is native to southern Mexico and Central America.345

Species3
  1. Chamguava gentlei (Lundell) Landrum - Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
  2. Chamguava musarum (Standl. & Steyerm.) Landrum - Guatemala
  3. Chamguava schippii (Standl.) Landrum - Guerrero, Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Panama
References

References

  1. Landrum, Leslie Roger.(1991). Chamguava: a new genus of Myrtaceae (Myrtinae) from Mesoamerica. Systematic Botany 16(1):21-29.
  2. Tropicos, Chamguava L.R. Landrum
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  5. 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.