Eugenia platyphylla O. Berg (1857: 294)

Valdemarin, Karinne Sampaio, Mazine, Fiorella F. & Souza, Vinicius Castro, 2024, Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from Reserva Natural Vale, Espírito Santo, a center of plant endemism in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, Phytotaxa 651 (1), pp. 1-79 : 59-61

37. Eugenia platyphylla O. Berg (1857: 294) . ( Fig. 24A,B .)

Trees 2–15 m tall. Twigs glabrous when young. Young leaves glabrous. Leaves with petioles 4–11 mm long, canaliculate, glabrous; blades (60–)100–190 × (25–) 35–70 mm, elliptic, narrow-elliptic or oblong, concolorous when dry, not glaucous and glabrate or glabrous on both surfaces; bases attenuate or acute, sometimes obtuse; apices acuminate; midvein sulcate, sometimes plane or raised, adaxially and raised abaxially, glabrous adaxially and glabrate abaxially; secondary veins 11–18 at each side, raised on both surfaces, the first pair confluent with the marginal vein; marginal veins two, the innermost 2–4 mm from the revolute without thickening margin; oil glands inconspicuous adaxially and slightly raised abaxially. Inflorescences axillary, fascicle, sessile or with peduncle up to 0.5 mm long, rachis up to 1 mm long, glabrous; bracts 1–3 mm long, lanceolate to ovate, glabrous, deciduous at anthesis or just after; 2–4 flowers; pedicels 4–35 mm long, glabrous; bracteoles 1–1.5 mm long, free, lanceolate, apices obtuse, glabrous, not reflexed, persistent in the fruit. Flower buds 3–5 mm in diameter. Flowers with smooth, glabrous hypanthia; calyx lobes 4, free, 2–5 × 2–3.5 mm, ovate or oblong, apices obtuse or rounded, glabrous; petals 4, obovate, oil glands inconspicuous; staminal ring puberulent; stamens with filaments 3–6 mm, anthers oblong; style 4–7.5 mm, glabrous, stigma punctiform and papillose; ovary 2-locular, ovules 12–17 per locule, locule internally glabrous. Fruits 8–16 × 7–16 mm, globose, smooth, glabrous; dark purple or whitish when ripe; seeds 1–3 per fruit, 5–8 × 5–9 mm, globose, testa smooth.

Specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Linhares, Reserva Natural Vale – Aceiro Catelã com João Pedro , 13 November 2009, fl., D.A. Folli 6466 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, RB!, SORO!) ; ibid., próximo à Estrada do Roxinho , 11 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 355 (ESA!) ; ibid., Aceiro com Lasa , 22 November 1982, fl., D.A. Folli 412 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, SORO!) ; ibid., Aceiro com Pomar de Frutas Tropicais , 31 October 2008, fl., G.S. Siqueira 449 (CVRD!, SORO!) ; ibid., Aceiro de acesso a Estrada Roxinho , 10 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 316 (ESA!) ; ibid., Alameda , 02 December 2003, fr., D.A. Folli 4685 (CVRD!, SORO!) ; ibid., Área plantada, Estrada Flamengo, 15 October 2003, fl., G.S. Siqueira 45 (CVRD!, SORO!); Entrada da RFL, à esquerda, 04 September 1989, fl., M.S. Menandro 162 (CVRD!, RB!, SORO!) ; ibid., Estrada Bicuíba , 05 April 2006, fr., J.G. Rando 152 (CVRD!, ESA!, MBML!, MO!, RB!, SPF!, UB!) ; ibid., Estrada Boleira , 02 February 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 1013 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Farinha Seca , 23 November 1989, fr., D.A. Folli 1014 (CVRD!, SORO!) ; ibid., Estrada Flamengo , 02 October 1996, fl., D.A. Folli 2788 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, SORO!) ; ibid., 03 December 1996, fl., D.A. Folli 2857 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, SORO!) ; ibid., 10 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 340 (ESA!) ; ibid., 11 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 356 (ESA!) ; ibid., trilha ao lado esquerdo, próximo a Torre , 11 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 361 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Gávea , ant. x-2, km 19.868, lado esquerdo, 17 July 1981, fr., D.A. Folli 319 (RB!) ; ibid., 25 November 1983, fr., D.A. Folli 479 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, SORO!) ; ibid., entre estrada Jacarandá Caviúna e Bomba d’água, 12 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 426 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Imbiruçu , 01 February 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 996 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Ipê Amarelo , 29 November 1982, fl., I.A. Silva 364 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, SORO!) ; ibid., Estrada Louro , 29 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 921 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Mantegueira , 04 December 2003, fr., D.A. Folli 4688 (CVRD!, SORO!) ; ibid., 11 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 374 (ESA!) ; ibid., 11 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 375 (ESA!) ; ibid., 11 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 398 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada MME, próximo ao café dois irmãos, 31 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 982 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Zamboa , 12 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 409 (ESA!) ; ibid., 12 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 410 (ESA!) ; ibid., Trilha Peroba Amarela , 13 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 444 (ESA!) ; ibid., 13 December 2016, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 446 (ESA!) .

Distribution and habitat: — Eugenia platyphylla is known from collections from the state of Bahia and Espírito Santo the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil. In the RNV, the species is found in the Mata Alta vegetation and in the transition of this vegetation to the Muçununga.

Phenology: —Flowering in September through November; fruiting in November through February and April ( Fig. 5 ).

Taxonomic comments: —The species is assigned to Eugenia sect. Excelsae . Eugenia platyphylla is morphologically similar to E. excelsa due to its inflorescences in fascicle, bracteoles deciduous at or after anthesis, and fruit globose, dark purple or whitish when ripe. The diagnostic features for both are presented in the comments under E. excelsa and in Table 1 . Fruits dark purple and whitish were found in the field.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Phenological diagram of Eugenia species from Reserva Natural Vale, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Flowering periods are represented by dark red border triangles, fruiting in grey filled triangles, and “n” is the number of observations.

FIGURE 24. A. Fruiting branch of Eugenia platyphylla – dark purple fruits when ripe (K.S. Valdemarin 316), B. A. Fruiting branch of Eugenia platyphylla – white fruits when ripe (K.S. Valdemarin 430), C-D. Flowering branch of Eugenia prasina morphotypes (K.S. Valdemarin 322 and 906).