Nomenclatural notes on Brazilian Myrtaceae
Author
Sobral, M.
Author
Souza, M. C.
Author
Mazine-Capelo, F.
Author
Lucas, E.
text
Phytotaxa
2010
2010-08-31
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51
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journal article
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10.11646/phytotaxa.8.1.6
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4.2.
Myrceugenia ovalifolia
(O.Berg) Landrum
,
Brittonia
36: 163. 1984
.
Basionym:
Mitranthes ovalifolia
O.Berg,
Fl. Bras.
14(1): 356. 1857
(
type
: "Brasilia",
Sellow s.n.
, B, probably lost).
=
Calyptranthes rostellata
Mattos & D.Legrand
,
Loefgrenia
67: 18. 1975
(
type
:
Serra dos Órgãos
,
Miers
s.n.
, C, not located).
Syn. nov.
There is no register of a
type
specimen (or any other material) of
Calyptranthes rostellata
in C; nevertheless, Miers' collection in BM matches the protologue and is very possibly an isotype of the species. It is easy to understand the difficulties that Mattos and Legrand faced in assigning this curious species to a genus, because solitary and calyptrate flowers were generally assigned to either
Calyptranthes
or
Mitranthes
. It was not until 1984 that
Landrum (1984)
showed that such a suite of characters is also present in
Myrceugenia
.