Eugenia horizontalis Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris

Neil Snow, John W. Dawson, Martin W. Callmander, Kanchi Gandhi & Jérôme Munzinge, 2016, New Species, New Combinations, and Lectotypifications in New Caledonian Eugenia L. (Myrtaceae), Candollea 71 (1), pp. 67-81 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2016v711a9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5721911
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scientific name	Eugenia horizontalis Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris
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Eugenia horizontalis Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris View in CoL in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 12: 179. 1865.

Lectotypus (here designated): New CaledoNia. Prov. Sud: Port-de-France , 1855 - 1860, Vieillard 512 ( P [ P00637576 ]!; isolecto-: P [ P00543870 ]!). Syntypus: New CaledoNia: sine loc., 1862, Pancher s.n. ( P [ P06670059 , P00696289 , P00696290 ]!); Balade, 1855 - 1860, Vieillard 513 ( P [ P00637577 ]!).

= Myrtus aemulans Schltr. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40 (Beibl. 92): 29. 1908. Lectotypus (here designated): New CaledoNia. Prov. Sud: Dumbea , Le Rat 46 ( P [ P00543869 ]!).

Notes. ‒ The three syntypes mentioned in the protologue for Eugenia horizontalis are represented by six sheets at P. Although the selected lectotype, Vieillard 512, has limited flowering material, it is representative of the species.

The holotype of Myrtus aemulans has been destroyed at B and the isotype at P is here designated as the lectotype.

As currently recognized, Eugenia horizontalis has glabrous, more or less pendulous flowers arising from elongated, slender pedicels. The species is restricted to the leeward side of New Caledonia in the southcentral part of the island in sclerophyllous forest or maquis. It is one of several species with significantly reduced flowers and leaves.