Myrcia splendens (Sw.) De Candolle (1828: 244)

Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 40, pp. 33-54 : 45

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.40.1.6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4927299

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scientific name

Myrcia splendens (Sw.) De Candolle (1828: 244)
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26. Myrcia splendens (Sw.) De Candolle (1828: 244) ; McVaugh (1958: 659–661) [ Fig. 4A, B View FIGURE 4 ; Fig. 6G View FIGURE 6 ]

In tropical America, this species occurs from Mexico to Argentina and is widely distributed in Brazil ( Govaerts et al. 2010; Sobral et al. 2010).

Trees and shrubs 3–7 m tall. Morphologicaly similar to Myrcia sylvatica but differs by having elliptic leaves and a flat or raised midvein on the adaxial lamina surface; it differs from other Myrcia species by having a pilose hypanthium and style and by having ellipsoid fruit.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Igarassu, Usina São José , 20.II.2009, fl., B.S. Amorim 388 et al. (UFP); Recife, Parque Ecológico de Dois Irmãos , 13.IV.2010, fr., B.S. Amorim 634 et al. (UFP); Sirinhaem, Usina Trapiche, 21.XII. 2010, fl., B.S. Amorim et al. 700 (UFP) .

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Magnoliopsida

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Myrcia

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