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Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-10
Page range: 59–70
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Five new Brazilian species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae)

Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Praça Frei Orlando, 74 - Dom Bosco, São João del Rei - MG, 36301-160, Brazil
UFVJM, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Dep. Botânica UEFS, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.
Bahia caatinga cerrado Goiás Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul pantanal taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Five species of Eugenia are described, illustrated and compared with related species. Eugenia anisomischa, from the state of Bahia, is morphologically related to Eugenia candolleana, from which it differs by the pilose leaves and flowers; Eugenia cerradensis, from the states of Goiás and Mato Grosso, E. pantanalensis, from the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, and E. tingui, from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, are morphologically related to E. stictopetala, differing largely by its indumentum, larger flowers and wider leaves, respectively; E. zigzag, from the state of Bahia, is distinct from all other Brazilian species by its zigzag branching pattern.