Plinia yasuniana is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae.[1] It is endemic to the understory of the Amazonian rainforest in Yasuni National Park in north-east Ecuador.[2] The plant is a shrub that grows to between 1 and 3 metres tall. It produces cauliflorous, white flowers around 4 to 6mm long and edible, yellow fruits around 30mm in diameter, between August and November. It is named after the national park in which it was discovered in 2009.[3]

Plinia yasuniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Plinia
Species:
P. yasuniana
Binomial name
Plinia yasuniana
M.L.Kawas. & Á.J.Pérez

References

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  1. ^ "Plinia yasuniana M.L.Kawas. & Á.J.Pérez". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Plinia yasuniana M.L.Kawas. & Á.J.Pérez, Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(1): 19 (2012)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Lúcia Kawasaki, Maria; Pérez, Álvaro (June 2012). "A New Species of Plinia (Myrtaceae) from Ecuador, with Demographic Notes from a Large Forest Plot". Harvard Papers in Botany. 17 (1): 19–20. doi:10.3100/025.017.0105. JSTOR 41761739. S2CID 140151281.