Pimenta (genus)

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Pimenta
Pimenta dioica, flowers.jpg
Pimenta dioica flowers
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Pimenta
Lindl. [1]
Synonyms [2] [1]
  • Amomis O.Berg
  • Cryptorhiza Urb.
  • Evanesca Raf.
  • KrokiaUrb.
  • Mentodendron Lundell
  • MyrtekmaniaUrb.
  • PimentusRaf.
  • PseudocaryophyllusO.Berg

Pimenta is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1821. [3] [4] It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies. [2]

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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. [5]

Species

20 species are accepted. [6] [2] [7] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus: Pimenta Lindl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Lindley, John. 1821. Collectanea Botanica 4: sub t. 19
  4. Tropicos, Pimenta Lindl.
  5. Weiss, E. A (2002). Spice Crops. CABI. p. 122. ISBN   978-0-85199-605-9.
  6. "Pimenta Lindl". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  7. "GRIN Species Records of Pimenta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  8. "The All-spice Genus Pimenta (Myrtaceae) from Hispaniola One New Species, Pimenta berciliae, Two New Combinations and Taxonomic Notes". 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  9. WCSP Pimenta intermedia (Bisse) Urquiola, Bissea 2(Núm. Espec.): 63 (2008)

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