Myrcia guianensis

Myrcia guianensis
Myrcia guianensis - Parque Ecológico Dom Bosco, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Myrcia
Species: M. guianensis
Binomial name
Myrcia guianensis
(Aubl.) DC.
Synonyms

Several, including:

  • Calyptromyrcia elegans O.Berg[1]
  • Myrcia decrescens (O. Berg) Mattos

Myrcia guianensis (pedra-ume-caá) is a species of the flowering plant family Myrtaceae. It is found in South America.

This species shows allelopathic effects on germination and radicle and hypocotyl growth of weeds. Isolated compounds related to this inhibition are gallic and protocatechuic acids.[2]

This species is found in association with endophytic fungi.[3]

References

  1. ↑ O. Berg Linnaea 27: 34 1855
  2. ↑ Allelopathic potential of Myrcia guianensis. Souza Filho A.P.S., Santos R.A., Santos L.S., Guilhon G.M.P., Santos A.S., Arruda M.S.P., Muller A.H. and Arruda A.C., Planta daninha, vol. 24, no. 4, Oct./Dec. 2006, doi:10.1590/S0100-83582006000400005
  3. ↑ Endophytic fungi from Myrcia guianensis at the Brazilian Amazon: distribution and bioactivity. Elissandro Fonseca dos Banhos, Antonia Queiroz Lima de Souza, Juliano Camurça de Andrade, Afonso Duarte Leão de Souza, Hector Henrique Ferreira Koolen and Patrícia Melchionna Albuquerque, Braz. J. Microbiol., vol. 45, no. 1, São Paulo , 2014
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