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Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-05
Page range: 180–190
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Four new Myrcia (Myrtaceae) from Amazonian Brazil

Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Departamento de Ciências Naturais, São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Departamento de Biologia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Departamento de Biologia, Rod. João Leme dos Santos (SP 264), km 110, 18052‑780, Sorocaba-SP, Brazil
Eudicots Acre Amazonas Roraima northern South America taxonomy

Abstract

There are described and illustrated Myrcia caloneura, M. oreophila, M. sticta and M. tarauacana. Myrcia caloneura, from the states of Amazonas and Pará, is related to M. rugosior, but differs by its adult glabrescent blades and tetramerous flowers; M. oreophila, from the state of Roraima,is related to M. aegiphiloides, but has pilose, loosely reticulate blades and pilose flowers; M. sticta, from the state of Amazonas, is close to M. splendens, but has blades with rounded to cordate base and larger and easily visible glandular dots, and M. tarauacana is related to M. aequatoriensis and M. crassimarginata but has shorter blades and longer inflorescences. Conservation status of each species is also suggested.