Myrcia pullei (Burret ex Amshoff) A. R. Lourenço & E. Lucas

Amorim, Gabriela Dos Santos, Barbosa, Maria Regina De Vasconcellos, Jr, Eduardo Bezerra De Almeida & Thomas, William Wayt, 2022, Taxonomic study of Myrtaceae in forest fragments in Amazonian Maranhão, Brazil, Phytotaxa 568 (1), pp. 27-60 : 52

29. Myrcia pullei (Burret ex Amshoff) A. R. Lourenço & E. Lucas (in Lourenço et al. 2018: 81).

Basionym:— Calyptranthes pullei Burret ex Amshoff (1950: 4) .

Type:— SURINAME. “ Raleigh Falls, in saxis Raleighvallen fluv. Coppenam ”, A.A. Pulle 341 (holotype: U [0004963]) .

Trees ca. 5 m. Twigs glabrous, sometimes the branches terminal and the axis of inflorescence are reddish. Leaves with petioles 2–4 mm long, glabrous, unchanneled, dark; blades broadly elliptic or ovate 2–3.8 × 1.8–3.3 cm, glabrous, chartaceous, slightly discolorous; glands not seen; base obtuse, rounded or subcordate; apex rounded or obtuse, rarely acute; midvein adaxially impressed; lateral veins slightly visible, not arched, ca. 15 pairs; intra-marginal vein 1 mm or less from the margin, margin flat. Inflorescence terminal or subterminal, pyramidal panicle, flowers congested, the axis 3–6.7 cm long, glabrous, with two lateral branches, opposite, 1.9–2.1 cm long; bracts not seen, caducous before anthesis; pedicels 0.2–0.7 mm long or sessile, glabrous; bracteoles not seen, caducous before anthesis; flower buds not seen; calyx-lobes completely fused, opening by calyptra, not reflexed, caducous in fruit; ovary not seen. Immature fruit globose, 0.3 × 0.5 cm, glabrous, surface smooth.

Note:— Myrcia pullei may be recognized by its terminal branches and reddish axis of the inflorescence; the chartaceous, broadly elliptic or ovate leaves; the midvein of the leaf, which is adaxially slightly sulcate at the base and impressed distally; and the completely fused calyx-lobes, opening by calyptra.

Distribution and habitat:— Known from Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and from northeastern Brazil (Amazonas, Amapá, Maranhão and Pará states) (POWO 2020, Flora do Brasil 2020). In Amazonian Maranhão, M. pullei was found growing along a river.

Phenology:— Fruiting in April and February.

Specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Maranhão: Turiaçú, Rio Maraçumé, Cachoeira Grande , 04 April 1981 (fr.), M.R. Santos 697 ( IAN!) .

Additional specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Amapá: Rio Oiapoque. Cachoeira Grande Roche , 11 August 1960 (fl.), H.S. Irwin 47412 ( NY!) .