Eugenia inconspicua Standl. (1924:1043)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record (disputed): 1891 (Cortés-García et al., 2025); 1904 (Fuentes et al., 2021)
Rediscovered in: 2023 (Cortés-García et al., 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Sinaloa, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Standley, P. C. (1924). Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23: 1032-1046.
Other references:
Cortés-García, C., A. S. Servín-Díaz, J. F. Pío-León y M. G. Millán-Otero. (2025). Redescubrimiento y descripción enmendada de Eugenia inconspicua (Myrtaceae), con notas del género en Sinaloa, México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 132: e2505. https://doi.org/10.21829/abm132.2025.2505
Fuentes, A. C. D., Martínez Salas, E. and Samain, M.-S. (2021). Eugenia inconspicua. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T188988869A194048509. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T188988869A194048509.en. Accessed on 31 July 2022.
Gala, V.C.U., Valdemarin, K.S., Lucas, E., Negrão, R. & Mazine, F.F. (2023). Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from Mexico: checklist, distribution, and conservation assessments. Phytotaxa 583(2): 99-140. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.1
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 15 February 2026]