Mosiera is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1933.[3][2] It is native to Mexico, Guatemala, the West Indies, Brazil, and Florida.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Mosiera
M. guineensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Mosiera
Small
Type species
Mosiera longipes
(O.Berg) Small[1][2]

The genus was named in honor of Charles A. Mosier[10]

Accepted species[4]

References

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  1. ^ lectotype designated by McVaugh, Taxon 5: (1956)
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Mosiera Small
  3. ^ Small, John Kunkel. 1933. Manual of the Southeastern Flora 936–937
  4. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  7. ^ Landrum, L. R. & M. L. Kawasaki. 1997. The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys. Brittonia 49(4): 508–536
  8. ^ Landrum, L. R. 1992. Mosiera (Myrtaceae) in Mexico and Mesoamerica. Novon 2(1): 26–29
  9. ^ Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico
  10. ^ Small, John Kunkel. 1933. Manual of the Southeastern Flora 1506
  11. ^ Correll, Donovan Stewart. 1977. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 58: 41-42 as synonym Psidium androsianum (Urb.) Correll
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