Two New Species of Myrcia (Myrtaceae) from Brazil

JAIR E. Q. FARIA; EVE J. LUCAS; MARCOS SOBRAL

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.319.2.4

Issue: Vol. 319 No. 2: 1 September 2017

Type: Article

Published: 2017-09-01

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.319.2.4

Page range: 159–166

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**Two New Species of Myrcia (Myrtaceae) from Brazil**

JAIR E. Q. FARIA⁺⁻
EVE J. LUCAS⁺⁻
MARCOS SOBRAL⁺⁻

Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology Department, Herbarium, TW9 3AB Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.

Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, DCNAT, São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Cerrado biome IUCN Endangered species Eudicots

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Abstract

Two new species of Myrcia from the Brazilian Cerrado are described: Myrcia occulta and Myrcia matogrossensis. Notes on species morphology, phenology and conservation status are provided as well as illustrative plates and distribution maps.