Plinia yasuniana is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae.[1] It is endemic to the understory of the Amazonian rainforest in Yasuni National Park in north-east Ecuador.[2] The plant is a shrub that grows to between 1 and 3 metres tall. It produces cauliflorous, white flowers around 4 to 6mm long and edible, yellow fruits around 30mm in diameter, between August and November. It is named after the national park in which it was discovered in 2009.[3]
| Plinia yasuniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Plinia |
| Species: | P. yasuniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Plinia yasuniana M.L.Kawas. & Á.J.Pérez
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References
edit- ^ "Plinia yasuniana M.L.Kawas. & Á.J.Pérez". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ "Plinia yasuniana M.L.Kawas. & Á.J.Pérez, Harvard Pap. Bot. 17(1): 19 (2012)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ Lúcia Kawasaki, Maria; Pérez, Álvaro (June 2012). "A New Species of Plinia (Myrtaceae) from Ecuador, with Demographic Notes from a Large Forest Plot". Harvard Papers in Botany. 17 (1): 19–20. doi:10.3100/025.017.0105. JSTOR 41761739. S2CID 140151281.
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