Accara

taxobox
name = "Accara"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Accara"
genus_authority = L.R.Landrum
species = "A. elegans"
binomial = "Accara elegans"
binomial_authority = (DC.) L.R.Landrum|

"Accara elegans" is the sole species of the monotypic genus "Accara" in the botanical family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub native to Brazil, reaching 1-2m in height.

Formerly included in the genera "Myrtus" and "Psidium", "Accara" differs from both the latter in embryo structure, and from the former in being pentamerous (having its parts in fives) and in bud structure. The generic name is an anagram of the type location, Caraça, and is similar to the presumably closely related genus of "Acca" (sometimes classified as a junior synonym of "Feijoa").

References

*Landrum, Leslie R. "Accara: A New Genus of Myrtaceae, Myrtinae from Brazil". "Systematic Botany" Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1990), pp. 221-225.