Chamguava Explained

Chamguava is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1991.^{[1] [2]} It is native to southern Mexico and Central America.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Species^[3]

1. Chamguava gentlei (Lundell) Landrum - Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
2. Chamguava musarum (Standl. & Steyerm.) Landrum - Guatemala
3. Chamguava schippii (Standl.) Landrum - Guerrero, Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Panama

Notes and References

1. Landrum, Leslie Roger.(1991). Chamguava: a new genus of Myrtaceae (Myrtinae) from Mesoamerica. Systematic Botany 16(1):21-29.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40037266 Tropicos, Chamguava L.R. Landrum
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=38337 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
5. Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.