Eugenia brevistyla D.Legrand

Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 40, pp. 33-54 : 39

4. Eugenia brevistyla D.Legrand in Legrand & Klein (1977: 18). [ Fig. 2E ]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009) and known from the Northeastern ( Proença & Sobral 2006), Southeastern and Southern regions of Brazil ( Govaerts et al. 2010; Sobral et al. 2010). Considered extinct in the State of Pernambuco with no records collected in the last 50 years.

Trees 4–6 m tall, leaves 11–13 × 3.5–4.0 cm, midvein sulcate on adaxial lamina surface, raceme with the main axis reduced, apiculate bracts, lanceolate bracteoles, calyx closed in the flower bud and tearing irregularly, hypanthium and style glabrous, fruit globose.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Tamandaré, Reserva Biológica de Saltinho , 09.IX.1954, fl., I.I. Falcão 986 et al. (IPA) . Paraná: Morretes , 04.X.1968, fl., G. Hatschbach 19907 et al. (RB) . Rio Grande do Sul: Lageadinho , 22.XI.1979, fr., J. Waechter 1465 et al. (RB) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. A–B. Calyptranthes dardanoi Mattos. —A. flower. (B.S. Amorim 389a) —B. Fruit. (J.D. Garcia 1173) —C. Campomanesia aromatica. —Fruit. (O. Figueiredo - IPA 70299) —D. Campomanesia dichotoma. —Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 449b) —E. Eugenia brevistyla. —Flowers. (I.I.A. Falcão 968) —F. Eugenia candolleana. —Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 444) —G. Eugenia dichroma. —Fruits. (J.A.N. Souza 591) —H. Eugenia excelsa. —Fruits. (I.B. Lima 862) —I. Eugenia florida. —Inflorescence. (E. Pessoa 108). —J. Eugenia hirta. —Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 529) —K. Eugenia luschnathiana. —Inflorescence. (S.I. Silva —UFP7437) —L. Eugenia punicifolia. —Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 524) M. Eugenia umbelliflora. —Flowers. (T.N.F. Guerra 120).