Eugenia hermesiana Mattos, Loefgrenia 94: 1. 1989

de Oliveira Buenger, Mariana, Mazine, Fiorella Fernanda, Lucas, Eve J. & Stehmann, Joao Renato, 2016, Circumscription and synopsis of Eugenia section Speciosae Buenger & Mazine (Myrtaceae), PhytoKeys 61, pp. 73-80 : 76

2. Eugenia hermesiana Mattos, Loefgrenia 94: 1. 1989

Type.

Brazil. São Paulo: Salesópolis, na Estação Biológica de Boracéia, 15 Jan. 1968, Rabello, E. s/n. (holotype: HAS, not found).

Notes.

This species has glabrous leaves without cartilaginous margins, dots visible mostly abaxially, leaf apices are acute or obtuse, the hypanthium is velutinous. Eugenia hermesiana is a shrub up to 3 m high from São Paulo State (Brazil), growing in the coastal Atlantic Forest. There are few specimens located in BHCB, IAC, NY, SP and SPSF. It is a threatened species classified as Endangered in the Brazilian Official List of Flora Threatened Species ( MMA 2014).