Table 1 Section, habit, Brazilian region of occurrence, phytogeographic domain, chromosome number and ploidy level reported for Psidium species.

Psidium acidum (DC.) Landrum (section Psidium)

Tree

North, Southeast, South

Amazon

–

P. cattleyanum Sabine (section Obversifolia)

Tree

Northeast, Southeast, South

Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest

46, 55, 58 and 82²⁹; 33 (3x), 44 (4x), 55 (5x), 66 (6x), 77 (7x), 88 (8x), 99 (9x), 110 (10x) and 132 (12x)⁹

P. guajava L. (section Psidium)

Tree

North, Northeast, Center-West, Southeast, South

Amazon, Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest

22 (2x)^29,30

P. guajava L. x P. guineense Sw

–

–

–

–

P. guineense Sw. (section Psidium)

Shrub, Tree

North, Northeast, Center-West, Southeast, South

Amazon, Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest

44 (4x)³⁰

P. myrtoides O.Berg (section Apertiflora)

Tree

North, Northeast, Center-West, Southeast, South

Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest

66 (6x)⁸; 88 (8x)³¹

P. gaudichaudianum Proença & Faria

Tree

Southeast

Atlantic Forest

-

P. friedrichsthalianum (O.Berg) Nied (section Psidium)

Shrub, Tree

North

Amazon

44 (4x)³¹

P. macahense O.Berg (section Apertiflora)

Shrub

Southeast

Atlantic Forest

-

P. oblongatum O.Berg

Tree

Southeast

Atlantic Forest

22 (2x)⁸

P. rufum Mart. ex DC. (section Apertiflora)

Tree

Northeast, Center-West, Southeast, South

Cerrado, Atlantic Forest

–

Psidium sp.

–

–

–

–