Marlierea excoriata Martius (1837: 88)

Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 40, pp. 33-54 : 43

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.40.1.6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4927281

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/253B87C3-FF9E-2E3E-5CDF-6D3731F3FD17

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scientific name

Marlierea excoriata Martius (1837: 88)
status

 

17. Marlierea excoriata Martius (1837: 88) View in CoL [ Fig. 3F, G View FIGURE 3 ; Fig 5O View FIGURE 5 ]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009) from the northeast to nouthern regions of Brazil ( Sobral et al. 2010). In the northeast, it is recorded from the States of Bahia ( Sobral et al. 2010). New records of this species for State of Pernambuco, Alagoas and Sergipe are presented here.

Trees 4–6m tall. This species differs from Marlierea tomentosa in having smaller leaves (7–12 × 3–5 cm) and glabrous fruit; it differs from other Myrcia species by the calyx closed in the bud, tearing open irregularly.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco:, Recife, Jardim Botânico , 25.X.1967, fl., O.C. Lira 120-67 et al. (UFP); Parque Ecológico de Dois Irmãos , 15.XII.1988, fl., M.A. Cruz 72 et al. (UFP); Tamandaré, Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guadalupe , 07.I.2010, fl., B.S. Amorim 516 (UFP). Alagoas: Marechal Deodoro, 18.XI.1999, fl., R.P. Lyra-Lemos et al. 4444 (MAC). Sergipe: Barra dos Coqueiros, 07.IV.1997, fr., M. Landim et al. 1166 (ASE) .

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Marlierea

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