New records in vascular plants alien to Tenerife (Spain, Canary Islands)
Author
Verloove, Filip
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4144-2422
Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium
filip.verloove@plantentuinmeise.be
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2021
2021-04-26
9
62878
62878
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e62878
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e62878
1314-2828-9-e62878
D24EB63F1B0E5922BA6788EC76A26D81
Psidium guajava L., 1753
Psidium guajava
Sp. Pl. 1: 470. 1753.
Distribution
TENERIFE: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, barranco Santos at Calle de Diego Crosa, dry riverbed, scattered individuals, 13.11.2016,
F. Verloove
12684 (BR). https://observation.org/observation/205286613/
Notes
Psidium guajava
, a native of Central and South America, is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions around the world for its edible fruits (guava). It easily escapes wherever introduced. In the Canary Islands, it was first reported from various localities in La Palma (
Santos Guerra and Reyes-Betancort 2014
), shortly afterwards also from Gran Canaria (
Verloove 2017
). It is mostly found in dried-out riverbeds where it germinates from wastewater. In such circumstances, it was also recently found for the first time in Tenerife.