{{Short description|Genus of plants in the myrtle family}} {{speciesbox | image = | display_parents = 3 | genus = Accara | parent_authority = L.R.Landrum | species = elegans | authority = (DC.) L.R.Landrum<ref name=landrum/> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=a/> | synonyms = * ''Myrtus elegans'' <small>DC.</small> *''Psidium elegans'' <small>(DC.) Mart. ex O.Berg 1857 not Miq. 1855</small> *''Guajava elegans'' <small>(DC.) Kuntze</small> *''Myrtus stictophylla'' <small>Kiaersk.</small> *''Psidium stictophyllum'' <small>(Kiaersk.) Mattos</small> }}
thumb | right | Accara '''''Accara elegans''''' is the sole species of the monotypic genus '''''Accara''''' in the botanical family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub endemic to the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil, reaching {{Convert|1-2|m|ft|abbr=on}} in height.<ref name=a>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=1645 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
Formerly included in the genera ''Myrtus'' and ''Psidium'', ''Accara'' differs from 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'', nowadays sometimes included in ''Feijoa''.<ref name=landrum>{{cite journal|author=Landrum, L.R.|title=Accara: A New Genus of Myrtaceae, Myrtinae from Brazil|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=15|issue=2|date=1990|pages=221–225|doi=10.2307/2419176|jstor=2419176}} [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leslie_Landrum/publication/271795680_Accara_A_New_Genus_of_Myrtaceae_Myrtinae_from_Brazil/links/59cfdb480f7e9b4fd7f478c3/Accara-A-New-Genus-of-Myrtaceae-Myrtinae-from-Brazil.pdf pdf]</ref>
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Category:Endemic flora of Brazil Category:Monotypic Myrtaceae genera Category:Myrtaceae
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