Feijoa

Acca sellowiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Myrteae
Subtribus: Pimentinae
Genus:
Species: F. sellowiana

Name

Feijoa O.Berg, Linnaea 29: 258. (1858)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Uruguay
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
    • Introduced into:
      • Colombia, Costa Rica, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, New Zealand South, Tanzania, Uganda

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

  • English: Feijoa, Pineapple Guava
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