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Internal ID UUID64403a5418b42970479258
Scientific name Eugenia axillaris
Authority (Sw.) Willd.
First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 2: 960 (1799)

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Eugenia axillaris, also known as the white stopper, is a type of flowering plant that belongs to the Myrtaceae family. It can be found in central and southern Florida, the Caribbean, Bermuda, eastern Mexico, and Central America. This evergreen shrub or tree can grow up to 20 to 30 feet, but is often smaller in size. It is commonly found in partially shaded coastal hammocks and sandy areas.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Myrtus axillaris Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 78 (1788)
Myrtus baruensis Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 483 (1825)
Myrtus divaricata Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. : 45 (1825)
Psidiastrum dubium Bello Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 272 (1881)
Eugenia axillaris var. microcarpa Krug & Urb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 641 (1895)
Eugenia carthagenensis var. myrtifolia Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 192. 1788
Eugenia anthera Small Man. S.E. Fl. : 935 (1933)
Eugenia axillaris var. cozumelensis (Lundell) Lundell Phytologia 16: 443 (1968)
Eugenia baruensis Jacq. Collectanea 3: 183 (1791)
Eugenia cabanisiana O.Berg Linnaea 27: 235 (1856)
Eugenia carthagenensis var. baruensis Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 153. 1780
Eugenia cozumelensis Lundell Wrightia 3: 13 (1961)
Eugenia guadalupensis DC. Prodr. 3: 275 (1828)
Eugenia guttata Lundell Wrightia 2: 207 (1961)
Eugenia itzana Lundell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 395 (1942)
Eugenia matanzensis O.Berg Linnaea 27: 235 (1856)
Eugenia minimiflora Lundell Wrightia 3: 124 (1965)
Eugenia verrucosa A.Rich. Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. Vasc. : 589 (1846)
Eugenia yumuryensis O.Berg Linnaea 27: 234 (1856)
Eugenia divaricata Willd. ex O.Berg

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Language Common/alternative name
English white stopper
Arabic يوجينة إبطية

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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Turks-caicos Islands
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000956446
Florida Plant Atlas 2831
USDA Plants EUAX
Tropicos 22101721
INPN 629679
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593690-1
The Plant List kew-74426
Open Tree Of Life 311519
NCBI Taxonomy 262447
Nature Serve 2.140743
IUCN Red List 150115681
IPNI 593690-1
iNaturalist 131601
GBIF 5416259
EPPO EUEAX
USDA GRIN 438358
Wikipedia Eugenia_axillaris

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Pest categorisation of Milviscutulus mangiferae Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Antonatos S, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, Papachristos D, MacLeod A EFSA J 24-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9951084
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7846
PMID:36846380
Seasonal and successional dynamics of size-dependent plant demographic rates in a tropical dry forest Saenz-Pedroza I, Feldman R, Reyes-García C, Meave JA, Calvo-Irabien LM, May-Pat F, Dupuy JM PeerJ 14-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7497611
doi:10.7717/peerj.9636
PMID:32983631
The influence of warming and biotic interactions on the potential for range expansion of native and nonnative species von Holle B, Weber SE, Nickerson DM AoB Plants 18-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7494242
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plaa040
PMID:32968475
Essentials Oils from Brazilian Eugenia and Syzygium Species and Their Biological Activities da Costa JS, da Cruz ED, Setzer WN, da Silva JK, Maia JG, Figueiredo PL Biomolecules 06-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7466042
doi:10.3390/biom10081155
PMID:32781744

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