2.1. Eugenia astringens Cambessèdes, Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 361. 1832.

Type: Rio de Janeiro, Saint-Hilaire 153-5, MPU11125 .

= Eugenia apiocarpa O.Berg, Fl. Bras. 14(1): 284. 1857. Type: Rio de Janeiro, Sellow s.n., B, probably destroyed; isotype BR.

Eugenia astringens and E. apiocarpa were described based on fruiting specimens collected along the coastal zone of Rio de Janeiro; their descriptions overlap largely—including, curiously, remarks about the astringency of the fruits: "sapore ingratissimo et astringente" (Cambessèdes, 1832–1833) and "valde adstringens" (Berg, 1857–1859). Their type images are available on-line, for E. apiocarpa and E. astringens, respectively: http://www.br.fgov.be/ RESEARCH/COLLECTIONS/ HERBARIUM/detail.php?ID=473078 and http://hvsh.cria.org.br/ hv?action=byName&search= 1&family= MYRTACEAE &genus= Eugenia &species=astringens& typus =.