Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Myrtaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Eugenia (2)
Epithet: punicifolia (Kunth) DC. (1)
Synonyms: Emurtia punicifolia (Kunth) Raf., Eugenia ambigua O.Berg, Eugenia arbutifolia O.Berg, Eugenia arctostaphyloides O.Berg, Eugenia benthamii O.Berg, Eugenia boliviensis O.Berg, Eugenia calycolpoides Griseb., Eugenia ciarensis O.Berg, Eugenia clinocarpa DC., Eugenia coarensis DC., Eugenia dasyantha O.Berg, Eugenia decorticans O.Berg, Eugenia diantha O.Berg, Eugenia dipoda DC., Eugenia diversiflora O.Berg, Eugenia flava O.Berg, Eugenia fruticulosa DC., Eugenia glareosa O.Berg, Eugenia insipida Cambess., Eugenia kochiana DC., Eugenia kunthiana DC., Eugenia linearifolia O.Berg, Eugenia macroclada O.Berg, Eugenia maximiliana O.Berg, Eugenia mugiensis O.Berg, Eugenia myrtillifolia DC., Eugenia nhanica Cambess., Eugenia obtusifolia Cambess., Eugenia oleifolia (Kunth) DC., Eugenia ovalifolia Cambess., Eugenia platyclada O.Berg, Eugenia polyphylla O.Berg, Eugenia prominens O.Berg, Eugenia psammophila Diels, Eugenia psychotrioides Mart. ex O.Berg, Eugenia pyramidalis O.Berg, Eugenia pyrroclada O.Berg, Eugenia rhombocarpa O.Berg, Eugenia romana O.Berg, Eugenia rubrescens Mattos & D.Legrand, Eugenia rufoflavescens Mattos, Eugenia sabulosa Cambess., Eugenia sancta DC., Eugenia spathophylla O.Berg, Eugenia spathulata O.Berg, Eugenia subalterna Benth., Eugenia subcorymbosa O.Berg, Eugenia suffruticosa O.Berg, Eugenia surinamensis Miq., Eugenia triphylla O.Berg, Eugenia vaga O.Berg, Myrtus arbutifolia (O.Berg) Kuntze, Myrtus oleifolia Kunth, Myrtus psychotrioides Colla, Myrtus punicifolia Kunth, Pseudomyrcianthes kochiana (DC.) Kausel, Psidium sylvestre Loefl
ambigua => doubtful, of uncertain relationship
arbutifolia => having leaves like Arbutus
arctostaphyloides => resembling Arctostaphylos
benthamii => in honor of George Bentham (1800–1884), English botanist
boliviensis => from Bolivia
flava => pure yellow
fruticulosa => dwarf-shrubby, small bush like habit
linearifolia => narrow linear parallel-sided leaves
obtusifolia => with leaves blunt at the apex
ovalifolia => oval-leaved
polyphylla => many leaved
punicifolia => reddish-purple leaves
pyramidalis => pyramid shaped
suffruticosa => slowly growing, sub-shrubby
surinamensis => from Suriname
sylvestre => wild not cultivated, growing in woods and forests
triphylla => three-leaved or with a perianth consisting of three distinct leaves