Campomanesia aromatica (Aubl.) Grisebach (1860: 242)

Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 40, pp. 33-54 : 37-39

2. Campomanesia aromatica (Aubl.) Grisebach (1860: 242) ; Landrum (1986: 21–23). [ Fig 2C ]

Widely distributed in tropical America, from Trinidad to Bolivia and Brazil where it is found in the North and Northeast regions ( Landrum 1986, Govaerts et al. 2010, Sobral et al. 2010).

Trees ca. 6 m tall. This species differs from species of Psidium by the unconstricted ovary and differs from Campomanesia dichotoma by having solitary opposite flowers, a glabrous hypanthium and bracts elliptic.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Paudalho, Comunidade Chã de Capoeira , 18.V.2005, fr., D. Figueiredo s/n (IPA 70299); São Lourenço da Mata , Estação Ecológica de Tapacurá , 20.II.1933, fl., B. Pickel 3229 (IPA). Taquaritinga do Norte , Sítio Cafundó, 23.III.1973, fl.,fr., A. Lima 73-7276 et al. (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).