Eugenia luschnathiana (O.Berg) Klotsch ex Jackson (1893: 908)

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

10. Eugenia luschnathiana (O.Berg) Klotsch ex Jackson (1893: 908) [ Fig. 2K ; Fig 5H ]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest in the Northeast region of Brazil ( Sobral et al. 2009, Govaerts et al. 2010) and distributed in the States of Bahia, Ceará ( Sobral et al. 2010), Rio Grande do Norte ( Silva 2009) and Pernambuco.

Trees and shrubs 2–8 m tall, leaves 5.5–10.5 × 2–4 cm, midvein sulcate on adaxial lamina surface, raceme ending in a vegetative stem, hypanthium and style base pilose, fruit globose or subglobose.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Recife, Jardim Botânico , 06.IV.1988, fl., S.I. Silva s/n et al. (UFP 7710); Casa Forte, 29.X.2010, fl.,fr., B.S. Amorim 686 et al. (UFP); São Lourenço da Mata , Estação Ecológica de Tapacurá , 12.II.1977, fl., I. Pontual 77-1416 (PEUFR) .

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.