Myrcia neomontana E.Lucas & C.E.Wilson

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 617

[1298] Myrcia neomontana E.Lucas & C.E.Wilson

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 101 (4): 679 (Lucas & Wilson 2016). — Eugenia montana Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 495 [Jun.-Dec. 1775] ( Aublet 1775). — Cumetea montana (Aubl.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. : 106 (Rafinesque 1838). — Marlierea montana (Aubl.) Amshoff, Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 39: 147 (Amshoff 1942). — Myrcianthes montana (Aubl.) C.Nelson, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 57 (2): 406 [“1999” publ. Jan. 2000] (Nelson 2000).

Marlierea suffruticosa O.Berg , Linnaea 27 (1): 16 [“1854” publ. Nov. 1855] (Berg 1855).

Marlierea richardiana O.Berg , Linnaea 30: 650 [Mar. 1861] ( Berg 1861).

NOTE. — The name “ Calyptranthes obtusa Miq. ” listed in Govaerts et al. (2008) as an illegitimate synonym of Myrcia montana , with the reference “ Linnaea 22: 172 (1849) ”, has actually no standing: Miquel explicitely refers to C. obtusa Benth. , and cites Hostmann 1176 as occuring in Surinam, not as the type of a new species.

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: arak, arak-kamwi, pakusin-amana • Ka: alamilu.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 17 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.B. Aublet s.n. (original material BM[BM000754877]).

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 35 trees in 11 plots; Fmax = 2.6 %; dbhinv = 36.9 cm.