Rhodomyrtus psidioides (native guava)

Rhodomyrtus psidioides (G.Don) Benth. (1867) 

Australian conservation status: Critically Endangered – under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and is listed as a Priority Species under the Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032

SPRAT profile: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=19162 

NSW conservation status: Critically Endangered 

Qld conservation status: Critically Endangered 

Botanical and Ecological, Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Rhodomyrtus psidioides (G.Don) Benth. (1867): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/69209/api/apni-format  .
Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) 
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria .
Rhodomyrtus psidioides

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/
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Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/
Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .

• Bean Anthony R. (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2023.
Rhodomyrtus psidioides (G.Don) Benth. – Qld "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Critically Endangered"
Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2023 
Dataset Accessed: 2025 June 3rd .

• Andrew J. Ford and Peter G. Wilson (2021 November 24) 
A new species of Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae) with brochidodromous venation from north-eastern Queensland, Australia.
Telopea 24: 15566
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea15566
Includes an updated botanical key to Rhodomyrtus spp. across this continent Au .
Viewed: 2025 June 4th .

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet: 
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Rhodomyrtus psidioides (G.Don) Benth. → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Rhodomyrtus~psidioides
Quotation: " Threatened species: NSW BCA: Critically Endangered ".
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .

• NSW Saving our Species (SoS)
'native guava' - profile – Scientific name: Rhodomyrtus psidioides : → https://threatenedspecies.bionet.nsw.gov.au/profile?id=20342
Quotation: "
Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered 
Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered 
Gazetted date: 01 Feb 2019
Profile last updated: 23 Jun 2022
" .
NSW Government, Biodiversity Conservation Program, 
under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
Viewed: 2025 June 3rd .

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