Eugenia punicifolia (Kunth) De Candolle (1828: 267)

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

11. Eugenia punicifolia (Kunth) De Candolle (1828: 267) ; McVaugh (1958: 723–724) [ Fig. 2L ; Fig 5I ]

Cited from Cuba to Paraguay ( Govaerts et al. 2010) and widely distributed in Brazil. ( Sobral et al. 2010).

Shrubs 1–3 m tall, leaves 3.0–5.5 × 1.0– 2.5 cm, midvein sulcate on adaxial lamina surface, raceme with the main axis reduced with only two secondary axes and two bracts, bracts lanceolate, bracteoles rotund, hypanthium pilose, style glabrous, fruit subglobose.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Goiana, Reserva do Patrimônio Natural Fazenda Tabatinga , 27.I.2010, fr., B.S. Amorim 528 et al. (UFP); Igarassu, Usina São José, 12.III.2009, fr., B.S. Amorim 423 et al. (UFP); 12.I.2010, fl., B.S. Amorim 524 et al. (UFP) .

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.