Psidium rufum

Psidium rufum is commonly known as the purple guava.^[2] It is endemic to Brazil^[3] and bears an edible fruit. Psidium rufum var. widgrenianum is listed on the IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Plantae).^[4][5]

Psidium rufum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Psidium
Species:	P. rufum
Binomial name
Psidium rufum Mart. ex DC.
Synonyms[1]
Abbevillea recurvata O.Berg Abbevillea regeliana O.Berg Campomanesia martiana O.Berg Campomanesia recurvata (O.Berg) Nied. Campomanesia regeliana (O.Berg) Kiaersk. Guajava cuprea (O.Berg) Kuntze Guajava macrosperma (O.Berg) Kuntze Guajava pilosa (Vell.) Kuntze Guajava widgreniana (O.Berg) Kuntze Psidium cupreum O.Berg Psidium lagoense Kiaersk. Psidium macrospermum O.Berg Psidium pilosum Vell. Psidium widgrenianum O.Berg

References

1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 6 May 2016
2. Freitas, V.M.; Correa, V.R.; Motta, F.C.; Sousa, M.G.; Gomes, A.C.M.M.; Carneiro, M.D.G.; Silva, D.B.; Mattos, J.K.; Nicole, M.; Carneiro, R.M.D.G. (2014), "Resistant accessions of wild Psidium spp. to Meloidogyne enterolobii and histological characterization of resistance", Plant Pathology, 63 (4): 738–746, doi:10.1111/ppa.12149
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Landrum, L.R. (2003). A revision of the Psidium salutare complex (Myrtaceae). Sida 20: 1449-1469.
5. Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.