Eugenia biflora (Linnaeus) De Candolle (1828: 276)

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2. Eugenia biflora (Linnaeus) De Candolle (1828: 276) . Myrtus biflora Linnaeus (1759: 1056) .

Type:— JAMAICA. P. Browne s.n. (lectotype LINN 637,6, designated by Fawcett & Rendle 1926: 338).

Eugenia sericiflora Bentham (1844: 98) . Type :— PANAMA. Isle of Taboga, 1841, “Hinch” s.n. (lectotype K! ( K000276758 ), designated here; isolectotype LE!). Remaining syntype:— Cuming 1137 (isosyntypes BM!, BR!, E, W!).

Eugenia macarensis O. Berg (1856: 283) . Type :— VENEZUELA, Macarao, May 1825, Moritz 1746 (holotype B†; lectotype BM!, designated here).

Eugenia salicifolia O. Berg (1857: 312) , non Eugenia salicifolia ( Kunth 1823: 108) De Candolle (1828: 278) . Type :— BRAZIL. Martii Herbar. Florae Brasil. 1226 (lectotype BR!, designated here; isolectotype BM!, G!, HAL, K!, LE!, M!, NY!, P!)]. Remaining syntype:—Brazil, Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, s.d., Lhotzky & Manso s.n. (syntype BR!). Illegimate name.

Eugenia hoffmannseggii O. Berg var. grandifolia O. Berg (1857: 315) . Type :— BRAZIL. Pará, Sieber s.n. (holotype B†; lectotype HAL, designated here; isolectotype NY!).

Eugenia hartii Kiaerskou (1890: 271) . Type :— JAMAICA. S.d., Krug & Urban 1048 (holotype B†; lectotype MICH!, designated here).

Eugenia alexandri Krug & Urban (1895: 626) . Type :— JAMAICA. In montibus partis septentrionalis ex Sims, R.C. Alexander Prior s.n. (holotype B†; lectotype NY! ( NY00084498 ), designated here).

Eugenia loretensis Diels (1906: 597) . Type :— PERU. Weberbauer 4486 (holotype B†; lectotype F!, designated here).

Eugenia leptophlebia Diels (1907: 192) . Type :— BRAZIL. Amazonas , Manaus, January 1901, Ule 5372 (holotype B†; lectotype K!, designated here; isolectotypes F!, G!).

Eugenia brachythrix Urban (1909: 23) . Type :— JAMAICA. Blue Mountains ad Spanish River, 24 August 1894, W. Harris 5306 (syntype B†; lectotype NY!, designated here). Remaining syntype:— W. Harris 5307 (syntype B†).

Notes:—An isotype of Eugenia macarensis O. Berg has been designated here as a lectotype, once the holotype has been destroyed in Berlin, as well as E. hoffmannseggii var. grandifolia , E. hartii , E. alexandri , E. loretensis and Eugenia leptophlebia .

In describing Eugenia brachythrix, Urban (1909) refered two syntypes, both destroyed in Berlin. The only duplicate found is Harris 5306 in NY and has been designated as lectotype.

In describing Eugenia sericiflora, Bentham (1844: 98) cited two specimens: one was cited only as “Isle of Taboga, Bay of Panama ”, with no reference to collector. He also cited “gathered also by Cuming 1137 ”, which we assume as a syntype. The specimen from K is here designated as the lectotype, once it has Bentham’s handwriting identification and is where Bentham worked. The specimen Cuming 1137 has not been found at K.

Distribution:— Eugenia biflora is broadly distributed in Neotropical region; it is the species with widest distribution among all the species of the section, widespread in Central America, from Chiapas to Panama and occurring from Antilles to Bolivia and Central Brazil. Figures of Eugenia biflora can be observed in Fournet (2002), Holst et al. (2003) and Rosário et al. (2005).