Ugni myricoides

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Ugni myricoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Ugni
Species:
U. myricoides
Binomial name
Ugni myricoides
(Kunth) O.Berg 1856

Ugni myricoides is a species of shrub from Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Central America, South America (Guyana, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil (Amazonas + Roraima)). [1]

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References

  1. "Ugni myricoides in Tropicos".