Acca (plant)

Acca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Tribe:	Myrteae
Genus:	Acca; O.Berg
Synonyms
	Orthostemon O.Berg;

Acca is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Myrtaceae that is native to Bolivia and Peru.^[1] The scientific name of the genus is from a native Peruvian name for A. macrostema.^[2]

Acca was first described as a genus in 1856.^[3]^[4] The genus comprises two species.^[1]

Acca lanuginosa (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) McVaugh - central + southern Peru
Acca macrostema (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) McVaugh - Bolivia, central + southern Peru

^ ^a ^b ^c "Plants of the World Online: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.
^ Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names : a quick reference guide to 4000 garden plants (1st ed.). Portland, Or.: Timber Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2. OCLC 741564356.
^ Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 138–140. in Latin
^ Tropicos, Acca O. Berg

[l-1] "Plants of the World Online: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.

[2] Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names : a quick reference guide to 4000 garden plants (1st ed.). Portland, Or.: Timber Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2. OCLC 741564356.

[3] Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 138–140. in Latin

[4] Tropicos, Acca O. Berg

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Acca (plant)

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