55. Eugenia principium McVaugh, Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 451 (1963)

EOO: 821,902.851 km ². AOO: 112 km ². Evaluation of IUCN: Least Concern.

Eugenia principium is distributed from the state of Colima, Mexico to Panama (Barrie 2020, WCSP 2020). Eugenia principium has 36 collection records from the Humid Tropical Forest and Humid Montane Forests along the Pacific slope, located from southern Mexico to Panama, from 0 to 1,000 m elev. The habitat has a high rate of ecological degradation due to human activities, such as the development of tourism projects and the use of soil for agricultural production (CONABIO 2018). However, the estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) and potentially its area of occupancy (AOO) based on the habitat available, exceed the thresholds for a threatened category under the criterion B. Eugenia principium was also recently assessed as Least Concern (LC) (Condit 2019).

Specimens examined:— MEXICO. Colima: McVaugh 15581 (MEXU!); Costa Rica: Estrada & Rodríguez 236 (INB); Guatemala: Standley 87798 (F); Nicaragua: Moreno 19578 (MO); Panama: Croat 5457 (MO).