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Punica
Sign in to savePunica is a small genus of fruit-bearing deciduous shrubs or small trees in the flowering plant family Lythraceae. The better known species is the pomegranate (Punica granatum). The other species, the Socotra pomegranate (Punica protopunica), is endemic to the island of Socotra. It differs in having pink (not red) flowers and smaller, less sweet fruit.
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Punica is a genus of trees in the family Lythraceae, commonly known as the pomegranate. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1753 and is classified within the order Myrtales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. Its fruit type is a berry.
The genus is native to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, the North Caucasus, Pakistan, Socotra, Tadzhikistan, the Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, and Türkiye. It has also been introduced to numerous other regions, including Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Arkansas, Assam, Austria, the Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Bermuda, and Bulgaria.
Records for Punica are held by institutions such as INECOL, MEL, SD, MOAR, and ASU, with occurrences documented in Mexico, Myanmar, the United States, Morocco, and Brasil. The taxon has an accepted status and is associated with 51,735 occurrence records.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyLythraceae
Common Name: pomegranate
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 71
- With media
- 33
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Collections
- INECOL, MEL, SD, MOAR, ASU, URCA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Myanmar, United States, Morocco, Brasil, Caribbean, India, Colombia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Punica is a small genus of fruit-bearing deciduous shrubs or small trees in the flowering plant family Lythraceae. The better known species is the pomegranate (Punica granatum). The other species, the Socotra pomegranate (Punica protopunica), is endemic to the island of Socotra. It differs in having pink (not red) flowers and smaller, less sweet fruit.
Although Punica was previously placed in its own family Punicaceae, recent phylogenetic studies have shown that it belongs in the family Lythraceae, and it is classified in that family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
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