Eugenia anomala D.Legrand,

Sobral, M., Souza, M. C., Mazine-Capelo, F. & Lucas, E., 2010, Nomenclatural notes on Brazilian Myrtaceae, Phytotaxa 8, pp. 51-58 : 51-52

3.1. Eugenia anomala D.Legrand, Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, II, 4(11): 61. 1936

(Type: Uruguay, Rivera, Arechavaleta s.n., MVM).

= Hexachlamys humilis O.Berg , Linnaea 27: 345. 1856

(Type: Montevideo, Sellow s.n., B, probably destroyed. Lectotype: Brazil, Paraná, S. Ignacio, Sellow 1090, US, here designated).

Eugenia humilis (O.Berg) Benth. ex Nied. , Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 82. 1893.,

nom. illeg., not E. humilis Vell., Fl. Flum. 5: 210, tab. 43, 1829.

Eugenia vallsiana Mattos , Loefgrenia 105: 2. 1995.

The protologue of Hexachlamys humilis ( Berg 1855 -1856) consists in a generic-specific description which cites Sellow s.n. as type, a specimen probably lost. Nevertheless, in his treatment of Brazilian Myrtaceae Berg (1857 -1859) extends his description and cites an additional collection of Sellow made at S. Ignacio, in the Brazilian state of Paraná, of which there exists a duplicate at US, and may be considered an adequate lectotype.

Eugenia anomala is the correct name for Hexachlamys humilis when this genus is merged with Eugenia , as is the case in the Brazilian list. This species has been erroneously cited as Eugenia plurisepala Barb.Rodr. ex Chodat & Hassl. ( Sobral 2003) and E. vallsiana ( Stehmann et al., 2009) .