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Internal ID UUID64403a5bedf96200725772
Scientific name Eugenia capensis
Authority Harv.
First published in Gen. S. Afr. Pl. : 416 (1838)

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Eugenia capensis, also known as the dune myrtle, is a plant species belonging to the Myrtaceae family. It is found in East and southern Africa and has several subspecies, including E. capensis subsp. albanensis, E. capensis subsp. capensis, E. capensis subsp. gueinzii, E. capensis subsp. natalitia, E. capensis subsp. nyassensis, E. capensis subsp. simii, and E. capensis subsp. zeyheri. These subspecies have different characteristics and are found in different regions within Africa.

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans duinemirtebessie
Arabic أوجينيا رأس الرجاء
Arabic يوجينة رأس الرجاء

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Eugenia capensis subsp. albanensis (Sond.) F.White Kirkia 10: 402 (1977)
Eugenia capensis subsp. capensis Unknown
Eugenia capensis subsp. gueinzii (Sond.) F.White Kirkia 10: 403 (1977)
Eugenia capensis subsp. natalitia (Sond.) F.White Kirkia 10: 402 (1977)
Eugenia capensis subsp. nyassensis (Engl.) F.White Kirkia 10: 403 (1977)
Eugenia capensis subsp. simii (Dümmer) F.White Kirkia 10: 402 (1977)
Eugenia capensis subsp. zeyheri (Harv.) F.White Kirkia 10: 402 (1977)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000956699
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:593912-1
The Plant List kew-74657
Open Tree Of Life 311522
NCBI Taxonomy 262448
IPNI 593912-1
iNaturalist 340548
GBIF 5416779
Freebase /m/02x90f0
Wikipedia Eugenia_capensis

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Fungal Planet description sheets: 1550–1613 Crous PW, Costa MM, Kandemir H, Vermaas M, Vu D, Zhao L, Arumugam E, Flakus A, Jurjević Ž, Kaliyaperumal M, Mahadevakumar S, Murugadoss R, Shivas RG, Tan YP, Wingfield MJ, Abell SE, Marney TS, Danteswari C, Darmostuk V, Denchev CM, Denchev TT, Etayo J, Gené J, Gunaseelan S, Hubka V, Illescas T, Jansen GM, Kezo K, Kumar S, Larsson E, Mufeeda KT, Piątek M, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Sarma PV, Stryjak-Bogacka M, Torres-Garcia D, Vauras J, Acal DA, Akulov A, Alhudaib K, Asif M, Balashov S, Baral HO, Baturo-Cieśniewska A, Begerow D, Beja-Pereira A, Bianchinotti MV, Bilański P, Chandranayaka S, Chellappan N, Cowan DA, Custódio FA, Czachura P, Delgado G, De Silva NI, Dijksterhuis J, Dueñas M, Eisvand P, Fachada V, Fournier J, Fritsche Y, Fuljer F, Ganga KG, Guerra MP, Hansen K, Hywel-Jones N, Ismail AM, Jacobs CR, Jankowiak R, Karich A, Kemler M, Kisło K, Klofac W, Krisai-Greilhuber I, Latha KP, Lebeuf R, Lopes ME, Lumyong S, Maciá-Vicente JG, Maggs-Kölling G, Magistà D, Manimohan P, Martín MP, Mazur E, Mehrabi-Koushki M, Miller AN, Mombert A, Ossowska EA, Patejuk K, Pereira OL, Piskorski S, Plaza M, Podile AR, Polhorský A, Pusz W, Raza M, Ruszkiewicz-Michalska M, Saba M, Sánchez RM, Singh R, Śliwa L, Smith ME, Stefenon VM, Strasiftáková D, Suwannarach N, Szczepańska K, Telleria MT, Tennakoon DS, Thines M, Thorn RG, Urbaniak J, van der Vegte M, Vasan V, Vila-Viçosa C, Voglmayr H, Wrzosek M, Zappelini J, Groenewald JZ Persoonia 30-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC11041897
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2023.51.08
PMID:38665977
New and Interesting Fungi. 6 Crous PW, Akulov A, Balashov S, Boers J, Braun U, Castillo J, Delgado MA, Denman S, Erhard A, Gusella G, Jurjević Ž, Kruse J, Malloch DW, Osieck ER, Polizzi G, Schumacher RK, Slootweg E, Starink-Willemse M, van Iperen AL, Verkley GJ, Groenewald JZ Fungal Syst Evol 16-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10966675
doi:10.3114/fuse.2023.11.09
PMID:38545457
Cylindromonium dirinariae sp. nov. (Ascomycota, Hypocreales), a new nectrioid lichenicolous species on Dirinaria applanata in Japan Ohmaki A, Okane I, Crous PW, Verkley GJ Fungal Syst Evol 23-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC10353293
doi:10.3114/fuse.2023.11.01
PMID:37469937
The composition, geography, biology and assembly of the coastal flora of the Cape Floristic Region Grobler BA, Cowling RM PeerJ 11-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8364326
doi:10.7717/peerj.11916
PMID:34447627
African Plant-Based Natural Products with Antivirulence Activities to the Rescue of Antibiotics Mahavy CE, Duez P, ElJaziri M, Rasamiravaka T Antibiotics (Basel) 19-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7699609
doi:10.3390/antibiotics9110830
PMID:33228261
Natural resources used as folk cosmeceuticals among rural communities in Vhembe district municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa Setshego MV, Aremu AO, Mooki O, Otang-Mbeng W BMC Complement Med Ther 12-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7076813
doi:10.1186/s12906-020-2869-x
PMID:32164701
Fungal Planet description sheets: 951–1041 Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Lombard L, Roets F, Swart WJ, Alvarado P, Carnegie AJ, Moreno G, Luangsaard J, Thangavel R, Alexandrova AV, Baseia IG, Bellanger JM, Bessette AE, Bessette AR, De la Peña-Lastra S, García D, Gené J, Pham TH, Heykoop M, Malysheva E, Malysheva V, Martín MP, Morozova OV, Noisripoom W, Overton BE, Rea AE, Sewall BJ, Smith ME, Smyth CW, Tasanathai K, Visagie CM, Adamčík S, Alves A, Andrade JP, Aninat MJ, Araújo RV, Bordallo JJ, Boufleur T, Baroncelli R, Barreto RW, Bolin J, Cabero J, Caboň M, Cafà G, Caffot ML, Cai L, Carlavilla JR, Chávez R, de Castro RR, Delgat L, Deschuyteneer D, Dios MM, Domínguez LS, Evans HC, Eyssartier G, Ferreira BW, Figueiredo CN, Liu F, Fournier J, Galli-Terasawa LV, Gil-Durán C, Glienke C, Gonçalves MF, Gryta H, Guarro J, Himaman W, Hywel-Jones N, Iturrieta-González I, Ivanushkina NE, Jargeat P, Khalid AN, Khan J, Kiran M, Kiss L, Kochkina GA, Kolařík M, Kubátová A, Lodge DJ, Loizides M, Luque D, Manjón JL, Marbach PA, Massola NS Jr, Mata M, Miller AN, Mongkolsamrit S, Moreau PA, Morte A, Mujic A, Navarro-Ródenas A, Németh MZ, Nóbrega TF, Nováková A, Olariaga I, Ozerskaya SM, Palma MA, Petters-Vandresen DA, Piontelli E, Popov ES, Rodríguez A, Requejo Ó, Rodrigues AC, Rong IH, Roux J, Seifert KA, Silva BD, Sklenář F, Smith JA, Sousa JO, Souza HG, De Souza JT, Švec K, Tanchaud P, Tanney JB, Terasawa F, Thanakitpipattana D, Torres-Garcia D, Vaca I, Vaghefi N, van Iperen AL, Vasilenko OV, Verbeken A, Yilmaz N, Zamora JC, Zapata M, Jurjević Ž, Groenewald JZ Persoonia 18-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC7085856
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2019.43.06
PMID:32214501
On the hunt for the alternate host of Hemileia vastatrix Koutouleas A, Jørgen Lyngs Jørgensen H, Jensen B, Lillesø JB, Junge A, Ræbild A Ecol Evol 23-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6912922
doi:10.1002/ece3.5755
PMID:31871671
Massive structural and compositional changes over two decades in forest fragments near Kampala, Uganda Bulafu C, Baranga D, Mucunguzi P, Telford RJ, Vandvik V Ecol Evol 12-Sep-2013
PMCID:PMC3810876
doi:10.1002/ece3.747
PMID:24198941
Reappraisal and neotypification of Phyllachora feijoae Costa LC, Macedo DM, Barreto RW IMA Fungus 05-Apr-2012
PMCID:PMC3399106
doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.02
PMID:23155496

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