Myrcia racemosa (O.Berg) Kiaerskou (1893: 72)

Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 40, pp. 33-54 : 44

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4927295

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/253B87C3-FF9F-2E3F-5CDF-69A334BBF8E6

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Felipe

scientific name

Myrcia racemosa (O.Berg) Kiaerskou (1893: 72)
status

 

24. Myrcia racemosa (O.Berg) Kiaerskou (1893: 72) ; Souza et al. (2007: 49–63) [ Fig. 3S View FIGURE 3 ; Fig. 6E View FIGURE 6 ]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009) from the northeast to southern regions of Brazil ( Govaerts et al. 2010, Sobral et al. 2010, Proença & Sobral 2006). In the Northeast, it occurs in the States of Bahia ( Sobral et al. 2010), Alagoas ( Lemos et al. 2010), Pernambuco ( Amorim & Alves 2011a), and Sergipe.

Trees 3–8 m tall. Morphologicaly similar to Myrcia splendens , but differs by having acuminate calyx lobes, a glabrous hypanthium and subglobose to globose fruit.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Reserva Ecológica Mata do Zumbi , 06.XII.2010, fl., B.S. Amorim 694 et al. (UFP); Igarassu, Usina São José, 28.IV.2009, fr., B.S. Amorim 454 et al. (UFP); Tamandaré, Área de Proteção Ambiental Guadalupe , 08.I.2010, fr., B.S. Amorim 520 et al. (UFP). Sergipe: Santa Luzia da Itanhy , 13.VI.1997, fr., M. Landim et al. 1284 (ASE) .

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Magnoliopsida

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Myrcia

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