Botany

Eugenia biflora

Eugenia biflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southeastern Mexico through Central and South America to Bolivia and central Brazil, including Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Cayman, Leeward, and Windward Islands in the Caribbean. It grows in lowland tropical moist forests. The species has a wide distribution and large population, and is not subject to any major threats. The IUCN Red List assesses it as Least Concern. The species was first described as Myrtus biflora by Carl Linnaeus in 1759. In 1828 Augustin Pyramus de Candolle placed it in genus Eugenia as E. biflora.

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• ▸Cyrtosia (plant)
• ▸Dinesh Subasinghe
• ▸Calluna

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