Pimenta (genus)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae}}

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|taxon = Pimenta

|authority = Lindl.{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?9402 |title=Genus: Pimenta Lindl. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2009-01-27 |accessdate=2012-01-27}}

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Amomis O.Berg
Cryptorhiza Urb.
Evanesca Raf.
Krokia Urb.
Mentodendron Lundell
Myrtekmania Urb.
Pimentus Raf.
Pseudocaryophyllus O.Berg

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Pimenta is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1821.Lindley, John. 1821. Collectanea Botanica 4: sub t. 19[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40008985 Tropicos, Pimenta Lindl.] It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=156124 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Well-known species include allspice (P. dioica) and the West Indian bay tree (P. racemosa). The name is mostly probably derived from the Portuguese word "pimenta", with the same meaning of the Spanish word pimienta, meaning "peppercorn." It refers to the berries of P. dioica.{{cite book |first=E. A |last=Weiss |title=Spice Crops |publisher=CABI |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-85199-605-9 |page=122}}

Species

20 species are accepted.{{cite web |title=Pimenta Lindl. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30005049-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=9 February 2025}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9402 |title=GRIN Species Records of Pimenta |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2012-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124204/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9402 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2018/04/pimenta-hispaniola.html|title=The All-spice Genus Pimenta (Myrtaceae) from Hispaniola One New Species, Pimenta berciliae, Two New Combinations and Taxonomic Notes |date=24 April 2018 |access-date=24 April 2018}}

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Pimenta adenoclada (Urb.) Alain – Cuba
Pimenta berciliae T.N.C.Vasconc. & Peguero – Dominican Republic
Pimenta cainitoides (Urb.) Burret – Cuba and Dominican Republic
Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. – allspice – Southern Mexico, Central America, Greater Antilles, Cayman Islands, and Bahamas
Pimenta ferruginea (Griseb.) Burret – Cuba
Pimenta filipes (Urb.) Burret – Cuba
Pimenta guatemalensis (Lundell) Lundell – Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama
Pimenta haitiensis (Urb.) Landrum – Haiti and Dominican Republic
Pimenta intermedia (Bisse) Urquiola – Cuba[http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=495980 WCSP Pimenta intermedia (Bisse) Urquiola, Bissea 2(Núm. Espec.): 63 (2008)]
Pimenta jamaicensis (Britton & Harris) Proctor – Jamaica
Pimenta obscura Proctor – Jamaica
Pimenta odiolens (Urb.) Burret – Cuba
Pimenta oligantha (Urb.) Burret – Cuba
Pimenta paganii {{small|(Krug & Urb.) Flickinger}} – Puerto Rico
Pimenta podocarpoides (Areces) Landrum – Cuba
Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) Landrum – Brazil and Bolivia
Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J.W.Moore – West Indian bay tree – Cayman Is, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, and Venezuela
Pimenta richardii Proctor – Jamaica
Pimenta samanensis (Alain) Peguero – Dominican Republic (formerly assigned to Eugenia)
Pimenta yumana (Alain) T.N.C.Vasconc. – Dominican Republic (formerly assigned to Eugenia)

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Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm

Category:Taxa described in 1821

Category:Taxa named by John Lindley