Psidium

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This genus was described first by Linnaeus in 1753.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358489#page/482/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 470] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018772 Tropicos, Psidium L.]

Fossils are known from the Paleogene of Patagonia.{{Cite journal |last=Panti |first=Carolina |date=2016-05-18 |title=Myrtaceae fossil leaves from the Río Turbio Formation (Middle Eocene), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2014.976635 |journal=Historical Biology |language=en |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=459–469 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2014.976635 |bibcode=2016HBio...28..459P |s2cid=84988707 |issn=0891-2963|hdl=11336/19131 |hdl-access=free }}

78 species are accepted.

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1. Psidium acidum {{small|(Mart. ex DC.) Landrum}} – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Brazil
2. Psidium acranthum {{small|Urb.}} – Hispaniola
3. Psidium acutangulum {{small|DC.}} – Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia and west-central Brazil
4. Psidium albescens {{small|Urb.}} – Jamaica
5. Psidium amplexicaule {{small|Pers.}} – Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Is., and northeastern Brazil
6. Psidium appendiculatum {{small|Kiaersk.}} – northern Venezuela and eastern Brazil
7. Psidium araucanum {{small|Soares-Silva & Proença}} – São Paulo, Paraná
8. Psidium australe {{small|Cambess.}} – central Colombia to Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)
9. Psidium bahianum {{small|Landrum & Funch}} – Bahia
10. Psidium brevipedunculatum {{small|Tuler & Landrum}} – Bahia
11. Psidium brownianum {{small|Mart. ex DC.}} – northeast Brazil
12. Psidium cattleyanum {{small|Sabine}} – eastern and southern Brazil and Uruguay; naturalized and invasive in Hawaii
13. Psidium cauliflorum {{small|Landrum & Sobral}} – Bahia
14. Psidium cupreum {{small|O.Berg}} – Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro
15. Psidium densicomum {{small|Mart. ex DC.}} – Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Peru, and Colombia
16. Psidium donianum {{small|O.Berg}} – Maranhão
17. Psidium eugenii {{small|Kiaersk.}} – southeastern Brazil
18. Psidium firmum {{small|O.Berg}} – Brazil
19. Psidium friedrichsthalianum {{small|(O.Berg) Nied.}} – southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela
20. Psidium fulvum {{small|McVaugh}} – Peru
21. Psidium ganevii {{small|Landrum & Funch}} – Bahia
22. Psidium glaziovianum {{small|Kiaersk.}} – southeastern Brazil
23. Psidium grandifolium {{small|Mart. ex DC.}} – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina
24. Psidium grazielae {{small|Tuler & M.C.Souza}} – Espírito Santo
25. Psidium guajava {{small|L.}} – Central and South America, West Indies, Mexico, Florida, Louisiana, Arizona;[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Psidium%20guajava.png Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map, Psidium guajava] naturalized in parts of Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and on numerous oceanic islands
26. Psidium guayaquilense {{small|Landrum & Cornejo}} – Ecuador
27. Psidium guineense {{small|Sw.}} – Central and South America, Windward Islands, and Mexico
28. Psidium guyanense {{small|Pers.}} – northern Brazil, Venezuela, and French Guiana
29. Psidium harrisianum {{small|Urb.}} – Jamaica
30. Psidium huanucoense {{small|Landrum}} – Huánuco
31. Psidium × hypoglaucum {{small|Standl.}} (P. guajava × P. guineense) – Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras
32. Psidium inaequilaterum {{small|O.Berg}} – southeastern Brazil
33. Psidium involutisepalum {{small|Tuler, Carrijo & Peixoto}} – Rio de Janeiro
34. Psidium itanareense {{small|O.Berg}} – São Paulo
35. Psidium jacquinianum {{small|(O.Berg) Mattos}} – unknown; likely South America
36. Psidium kennedyanum {{small|Morong}} – Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina
37. Psidium langsdorffii {{small|O.Berg}} – Minas Gerais
38. Psidium laruotteanum {{small|Cambess.}} – Costa Rica to Paraguay
39. Psidium longipetiolatum {{small|D.Legrand}} – southern Brazil
40. Psidium macahense {{small|O.Berg}} – Espírito Santo to Rio de Janeiro
41. Psidium maribense {{small|Mart. ex DC.}} – Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
42. Psidium minutifolium {{small|Krug & Urb.}} – Cuba
43. Psidium misionum {{small|D.Legrand}} – Paraguay and Misiones
44. Psidium montanum {{small|Sw.}} – Jamaica
45. Psidium myrsinites {{small|DC.}} – Brazil
46. Psidium myrtoides {{small|O.Berg}} – Brazil
47. Psidium nannophyllum {{small|Alain}} – Dominican Rep
48. Psidium nummularia {{small|(C.Wright ex Griseb.) C.Wright}} – Cuba
49. Psidium nutans {{small|O.Berg}} – Brazil and northeastern Argentina
50. Psidium oblongatum {{small|O.Berg}} – Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
51. Psidium oblongifolium {{small|O.Berg}} – southeastern Brazil
52. Psidium occidentale {{small|Landrum & Parra-Os.}} – southwestern Colombia and Ecuador
53. Psidium oligospermum {{small|Mart. ex DC.}} (synonyms Psidium sartorianum and Psidium sintenisii) – Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, to tropical South America
54. Psidium oncocalyx {{small|Burret}} – Bahia
55. Psidium ovale {{small|(Spreng.) Burret}} – Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina
56. Psidium parvifolium {{small|Griseb.}} – Cuba
57. Psidium pedicellatum {{small|McVaugh}} – Colombia, Ecuador
58. Psidium pigmeum {{small|Arruda}} – southeastern Brazil
59. Psidium pulcherrimum {{small|Tuler & C.M.Costa}} – Bahia
60. Psidium raimondii {{small|Burret}} – Peru
61. Psidium ramboanum {{small|Mattos}} – Mato Grosso
62. Psidium ratterianum {{small|Proença & Soares-Silva}} – Brasília
63. Psidium refractum {{small|O.Berg}} – Goiás
64. Psidium rhombeum {{small|O.Berg}} – Bahia
65. Psidium riparium {{small|Mart. ex DC.}} – Brazil
66. Psidium robustum {{small|O.Berg}} – Maranhão, Minas Gerais, São Paulo
67. Psidium rostratum {{small|McVaugh}} – Peru
68. Psidium rotundatum {{small|Griseb.}} – Cuba
69. Psidium rotundidiscum {{small|Proença & Tuler}} – Bahia
70. Psidium rufum {{small|Mart. ex DC.}} – Brazil
71. Psidium rutidocarpum {{small|Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don}} – Peru
72. Psidium salutare {{small|(Kunth) O.Berg}} – Central and South America, West Indies, southern Mexico
73. Psidium schenckianum {{small|Kiaersk.}} – eastern Brazil
74. Psidium sessiliflorum {{small|(Landrum) Proença & Tuler}} – western Bahia
75. Psidium sorocabense {{small|O.Berg}} – southeastern Brazil
76. Psidium striatulum {{small|DC.}} – Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname
77. Psidium suffruticosum {{small|O.Berg}} – eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, central, southeastern, and southern Brazil
78. Psidium urquiolanum {{small|Landrum & Z.Acosta}} – eastern Cuba

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Category:Myrtaceae genera

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm