Ugni myricoides(Kunth) O.Berg

WFO wfo-0000329149 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ugni myricoides, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. a Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / 2021-01-08 / obs. 109639834
Ugni myricoides, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. b Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 7403095
Ugni myricoides, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. c Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 3844016
Ugni myricoides, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1298280
Ugni myricoides, photographed by Morten Ross
fig. e Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201078591
Ugni myricoides, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 6108140
Ugni myricoides, photographed by Kristof Zyskowski
fig. g Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5725258
Ugni myricoides, photographed by Trevor Van Loon
fig. h Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185271927

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Ugni myricoides is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Ugni myricoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 34 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Eugenia friedrichsthalii (O.Berg) Hemsl.
  • Eugenia warscewiczii (O.Berg) Hemsl.
  • Eugenia warszewiczii (O.Berg) Hemsl.
  • Myrtus friedrichsthalii (O.Berg) Donn.Sm.
  • Myrtus friedrichsthalii (O.Berg) Donn.Sm. & Standl.
  • Myrtus friedrichsthalii var. brevipes Donn.Sm.
  • Myrtus matudae Lundell
  • Myrtus montana Benth.
  • Myrtus myricoides Kunth
  • Myrtus myricoides var. roraimensis (N.E.Br.) Steyerm.
  • Myrtus myricoides var. stenophylla (Oliv.) Steyerm.
  • Myrtus myricoides var. turumiquirensis Steyerm.
  • Myrtus oerstedii (O.Berg) Hemsl.
  • Myrtus roraimensis N.E.Br.
  • Myrtus stenophylla Oliv.
  • Ugni angustifolia Burret
  • Ugni disterigmoides Ant.Molina
  • Ugni friedrichsthalii O.Berg
  • Ugni friedrichsthalii var. brevipes O.Berg
  • Ugni friedrichsthalii var. friedrichsthalii
  • Ugni friedrichsthalii var. longipes O.Berg
  • Ugni montana (Benth.) O.Berg
  • Ugni myricoides f. bifaria McVaugh
  • Ugni myricoides f. grossa McVaugh

and 10 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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