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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Myrtaceae — theguavas .
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Examples
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Introduced plants, such as Psidium guajava, Lantana camara, and Mikania micrantha are serious weeds degrading natural communities.
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Large highland areas on all four inhabited islands have been invaded by guava Psidium guajava.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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Other forest species include sunflower trees Scalesia spp. and Psidium galapageium, bearing epiphytes.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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Along the river valleys, there is a gallery forest with jatoba Hymenaea rubriflora, jussara and araça Psidium sp., as well as species typical from surrounding moist forests and areas of restingas.
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Other trees in this zone include the endemic guayabillo (Psidium galapageium) and paga paga (Pisonia floribunda).
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This transition zone exhibits a combination of vegetation types and species slowing the gradient from arid to humid species including Pisonis floribunda, Psidium galapageium and P. galapageium with Scalesia trees.
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Some 100 tree and shrub species have been identified in medium and low semi-deciduous forest, which extends over 11,700 ha, the main species being Bursera simaruba, Lysiloma latisiliquum, Manilkara zapota, Metopium brownei, Piscidia piscipula and Psidium sartorianum.
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Predominant species include Psidium myrsinoides, Qualea parviflora, Q. grandiflora and Curatella americana, among many others.
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Some of the more pervasive species of this ecoregion include Lantana camara, Psidium guajava, Rubus spp.,
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Low elevations on the main high islands consists of secondary thickets of Hibiscus tiliaceus and orange trees, Psidium guajava, or Dicranopteris fernlands and grasslands, with some scattered secondary ravine forests.
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