Eugenia Linné (1753)

Proença, Carolyn E. B., De Oliveira, Marla I. U., Sobral, Marcos & Landim, Myrna F., 2014, Novelties in Myrtaceae: contributions to the Flora of the State of Sergipe, Brazil, Phytotaxa 173 (3), pp. 217-225 : 218

1. Eugenia Linné (1753)

Eugenia is the largest genus of Myrtaceae in the Neotropics with 1106 species ( Govaerts et al. 2008), of which 371 are known from Brazil ( Sobral et al. 2013). It is recognized by its racemose inflorescences, predominantly tetramerous flowers, bilocular ovaries with few to many ovules per locule and fruits with 1 to few seeds. The embryo has welldeveloped cotyledons that may vary from completely fused to distinct and plano-convex with a small or vestigial hypocotyl ( Landrum & Kawasaki 1997, Sobral 2003).