Psidium myrsinites De Candolle (1828: 236)

Villarroel, Daniel & Gomes-Bezerra, Kadja M., 2015, New botanical discoveries of Myrtaceae from Bolivia and notes on Psidium hians, Phytotaxa 195 (2), pp. 163-170 : 169

Psidium myrsinites De Candolle (1828: 236) .

Previously known only from Brazil (Govaerts et al. 2008). It was collected in Chochis in the Meseta de la Mina (Serranía Chiquitana) and Rincón del Tigre, growing in cerrado sensu stricto between 350–800 m alt. The nearest record of this species from outside Bolivia is L. Amorim Neto 5034 (UB), from the Morada do Ouro, Mato Grosso ( Brazil). In the list of species of the Flora of Brazil, this species is cited as endemic to Brazil, indicating that it occurs in the states of Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro and Tocantins (Sobral et al. 2013).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED:— BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz, Provincia Chiquitos , on the meseta above La Mina, zona Matacuzal, Chochis, 18 Nov. 2001, Wood J. R. I. & Landívar S. 17551 ( K!, USZ!) ; Prov. Velasco , camino entre San Miguel y San Ingnacio, 16°38’59”S, 60°59’21”W, 20 Oct. 2007, Wood J. R. I. et al. 23636 ( K!, UB!, USZ!) ; Serranía de Huanchaca , camino entre la zona de los palmares y el campamento Huanchaca 2, 14°31’55”S, 60°44’24”W, 3 Dec. 2010, Wood J. R. I. et al. 27026 ( K!, UB!, USZ!) ; Provincia Germán Busch, Rincón del Tigre , 5 km del Portón de la Misión, 18°16’19”S, 58°14’22”W, 21 Mar. 2011, Wood J. R. I. et al. 27273 ( K!, USZ!) .