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Eugenia ligustrina (Sw.) Willd. (Sp. Pl. 2: 962. 1799.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, the Grenadines, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [ Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Guana Islands, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], South America (native), Common Names: Arraiján (Dominican Republic), Birigita (Cuba), Birijí (Cuba), Black cherry (L. Antilles), Blackberry (L. Antilles), Cateicito (Cuba), Cerise noire (L. Antilles), Escobón de aguja (Dominican Republic), Granadillo (Dominican Republic), Granadillo (Puerto Rico), Grosse merise (L. Antilles), Merise noire (L. Antilles), Merisier (L. Antilles), Palo de muleta (Puerto Rico), Viriji (Cuba), Yaguairí (Cuba), Yaguaní (Cuba), Synonyms: Eugenia buxifolia sensu Bello, non Willd. (Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 271. 1881.), Myrtus ligustrina Sw. (Prodr. 78. 1788.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 5). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 6). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 7). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 8). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 9). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 10). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 11). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. Last edited 06 May 10 |