Eugenia dichroma Berg (1859: 290)

Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 40, pp. 33-54 : 39

6. Eugenia dichroma Berg (1859: 290) [ Fig. 2G ; Fig 5D ]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009) and found in the Northeastern and Southeastern regions of Brazil ( Govaerts et al. 2010; Proença & Sobral 2006). In the Northeast, it is found in the States of Bahia and Pernambuco ( Sobral et al. 2010, Amorim & Alves 2011a).

Trees and shrubs 2–5 m tall, leaves 10–12 × 3–5 cm, midvein sulcate on adaxial lamina surface, raceme with main axis reduced, bracts lanceolate, bracteoles elliptical, hypanthium pilose, fruit ellipsoid with seeds maculate.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Fazenda Santa Leopoldina , 07.II.1965, fr., A. Lima 65-4312 et al. (IPA); Igarassu, Usina São José, 24.III.2011, fl., B.S. Amorim 831 et al. (UFP); 17.XII.2009, fr., J.A.N. Souza 591 et al. (UFP); Recife, Parque Ecológico de Dois Irmãos , 02.II.1954, fr., A. Ducke s/n et al. (IPA 14860). Espírito Santo: Conceição da Barra , 14.X.1992, fl., O.J. Pereira et al. 3891 (RB) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. A–B. Calyptranthes dardanoi Mattos. —A. flower. (B.S. Amorim 389a) —B. Fruit. (J.D. Garcia 1173) —C. Campomanesia aromatica. —Fruit. (O. Figueiredo - IPA 70299) —D. Campomanesia dichotoma. —Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 449b) —E. Eugenia brevistyla. —Flowers. (I.I.A. Falcão 968) —F. Eugenia candolleana. —Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 444) —G. Eugenia dichroma. —Fruits. (J.A.N. Souza 591) —H. Eugenia excelsa. —Fruits. (I.B. Lima 862) —I. Eugenia florida. —Inflorescence. (E. Pessoa 108). —J. Eugenia hirta. —Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 529) —K. Eugenia luschnathiana. —Inflorescence. (S.I. Silva —UFP7437) —L. Eugenia punicifolia. —Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 524) M. Eugenia umbelliflora. —Flowers. (T.N.F. Guerra 120).

FIGURE 5. A. Calyptranthes dardanoi Mattos. —Infructescence. —B. Campomanesia dichotoma. —Infructescence. —C. Eugenia candolleana. —Habit and Inflorescence. —D. Eugenia dichroma. —Fruit. (Amorim & Alves 2011) —E. Eugenia excelsa. —Infructescence. —F. Eugenia florida. —Infructescence. —G. Eugenia hirta. —Infructescence. —H. Eugenia luschnathiana. —Fruit. —I. Eugenia punicifolia. —Inflorescence. —J. Eugenia umbelliflora. —Infructescence. —K. Eugenia umbrosa. —Fruit. —L. Eugenia uniflora. —Fruit. —M. Eugenia sp. nov. indet. —Fruit. —N. Gomidesia blanchetiana. —Infructescence. —O. Marlierea excoriata. —Habit and inflorescence. —P–Q. Myrcia bergiana. —P. Inflorescence. —Q. Infrutescence. —R. Myrcia densa. —Leaf.