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Magnoliopsida
Pimenta Lindl.
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Habit: Tree
Comments: Forests usually below 700 m alt (Landrum 1986). ***** Common in climax forest (Mills 1957).
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:20
Specimens with Sequences:22
Specimens with Barcodes:18
Species:4
Species With Barcodes:4
Public Records:10
Public Species:4
Public BINs:0
Persistence: PERENNIAL, Long-lived
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
Pimenta is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1821.[3][4] It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies.[2]
Well-known species include allspice (P. dioica) and the West Indian bay tree (P. racemosa). The name is derived from the Spanish word pimienta, meaning "peppercorn." It refers to the berries of P. dioica.[5]
- Pimenta adenoclada (Urb.) Burret (Cuba)
- Pimenta cainitoides (Urb.) Burret (Cuba, Dominican Rep)
- Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. – allspice (Southern Mexico, Central America, Greater Antilles, Cayman Is, Bahamas)
- Pimenta ferruginea (Griseb.) Burret (Cuba)
- Pimenta filipes (Urb.) Burret (Cuba)
- Pimenta guatemalensis (Lundell) Lundell - Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama
- Pimenta haitiensis (Urb.) Landrum (Haiti, Dominican Republic)
- Pimenta jamaicensis (Britton & Harris) Proctor (Jamaica)
- Pimenta obscura Proctor (Jamaica)
- Pimenta odiolens (Urb.) Burret (Cuba)
- Pimenta oligantha (Urb.) Burret (Cuba)
- Pimenta podocarpoides (F.Areces) Landrum (Cuba)
- Pimenta pseudocaryophillus - Brazil, Bolivia
- Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J.W.Moore – West Indian bay tree (the Caribbean) - Cayman Is, Cuba, Hisppaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, Venezuela
- Pimenta richardii Proctor (Jamaica)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Genus: Pimenta Lindl.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Lindley, John. 1821. Collectanea Botanica 4: sub t. 19
- ^ Tropicos, Pimenta Lindl.
- ^ Weiss, E. A (2002). Spice Crops. CABI. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-85199-605-9.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Pimenta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
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Allspice (Pimenta dioica) is a small tropical tree whose dried unripe berries (in which eugenol is the main volatile oil) provide the spice called allspice (named so because it seems to combine the flavors of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg). Allspice is believed to be native to the West Indies, southern Mexico, and Central America. Although Jamaica was the world's largest allspice exporter into the 1990s, in recent years this position has been held by Mexico. Guatemala and Honduras are also major exporters of allspice. (Vaughan and Geissler 1997)
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