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Issue: Vol. 308 No. 2: 7 June 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.2.7
Page range: 259–266
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species and a new name in Myrtaceae (Myrteae) from Southeastern Brazil

Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília–UnB, ICB Bloco D, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Gleba A, CEP 70919-900, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília–UnB, ICB Bloco D, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Gleba A, CEP 70919-900, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, CCTS, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar, Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, Km 110–SP-264, CEP 18052-780, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Atlantic Forest Eugenia Flora Psidium Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Eudicots

Abstract

This paper describes a new species of Eugenia and proposes a new name in Psidium, from Southeastern Brazil. Both are necessary for a floristic treatment of Myrtaceae for the flora of São Paulo, Brazil. Eugenia robustior is most similar to Eugenia tetramera from which it differs by its larger leaves and flowers with more stamens and more ovules per locule. The new name in Psidium is a replacement name for the illegitimate P. sellowianum.