taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D25530FFE2FFBBFF13F995500ABC33.taxon	description	This species is similar to Eugenia subreticulata Glaziou (1905: 233), differing by the fissured texture of the periderm on older branches; the acute and retuse apex of the leaves; petioles 2 – 5 mm long; and sericeous hypanthium.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE2FFBBFF13F995500ABC33.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Mun. Rui Barbosa, Serra do Orobó, trilha para o Pátio das Orquídeas, 230 m elev., 12 ° 18 ’ 09 ’’ S, 40 ° 29 ’ 16 ’’ W, 17 January 2006 (im. fr.), L. P. de Queiroz & D. B. O. S. Cardoso 12045 (holotype HUEFS!, isotype HUFSJ). Tree ca. 4 m high; young branches brownish, puberulous, hairs whitish, becoming reddish to grayish and glabrous with age. Leaf blades 25 – 70 × 10 – 25 mm, chartaceous, lanceolate or ovate, rarely obovate; apex acute and retuse; base rounded or cuneate; margin slightly revolute or undulate, glabrescent; glandular dots impressed on both sides, 0.1 – 0.2 mm diam., ca. 14 per square millimeter; venation brochidodromous; midvein sulcate above, prominent below, hairs present on midvein and lateral veins; lateral veins 13 – 20, erect, leaving the midvein at 25 ° – 35 °, all confluent with the first marginal vein; marginal vein doubled, intramarginal 1.8 – 3 mm from the border and second 0.3 – 0.4 mm from the border; petiole 2 – 5 × 0.9 – 1.3 mm, channeled. Inflorescences terminal or in the axils of the leaves; 2 – 4 flowered; rachis 2 – 3 mm, subglabrous; pedicels 15 – 29 mm, brownish, pubescent; bracts not seen; bracteoles not seen; buds not seen; calyx lobes four, oblong or deltoid, ciliate, unequal, the larger ones 6 × 4 mm, rounded, the smaller ones 5 – 5.1 × 4 mm, acute, pubescent, glandular dots absent; petals four, 7 – 9 × 4 – 5 mm, clavate or spatulate, ciliate, apex acute or rounded, hairs brownish within, glandular dots visible on both faces; hypanthium 3.8 – 4.3 × 4.4 – 5.2, not costate, sericeous; staminal ring ca. 4 mm diam., squared, pubescent; stamens 5 – 6.5 mm, glabrous; anthers 0.6 – 0.7 × 0.4 – 0.6 mm, elliptic; style 8 – 9 mm; stigma punctiform. Fruit globose, sericeous, glandular dots absent; seeds unknown.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE2FFBBFF13F995500ABC33.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet alludes to the biome where this species occurs. Phenology: — Old flowers collected in November, with immature fruits collected in November and January.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE2FFBBFF13F995500ABC33.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Eugenia caatingicola are restricted to the Brazilian semi-arid region. It was collected only in semideciduous forest in Serra do Orobó, Bahia State, and in transition areas between Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation in Serra das Confusões, Piauí State. Morphological comments: — Eugenia caatingicola resembles Eugenia subreticulata in shape and size, but its apex is acute and retuse (acuminate in E. subreticulata). Other differences between the leaves of these two species refer to the presence of an intramarginal vein in E. caatingicola (absent in E. subreticulata) and the length of the petiole (2 – 5 mm long in E. caatingicola versus 8 – 13 mm long in E. subreticulata). Although the hypanthium is also sericeous in E. plicata Niedenzu (1897: 91), E. piresii Mattos (1989: 3), and E. neosilvestris Sobral (1995: 36), this structure is longer in E. caatingicola, with whitish instead of ferruginous hairs. Conservation status: — Eugenia caatingicola was collected at Serra do Orobó, in the municipality of Rui Barbosa which occupies 2171 km ² (IBGE 2015). According to the Species Link website (CRIA 2015), 1357 specimens have been collected; other collections were made in Serra das Confusões, which extends through 12 municipalities in Piauí State, thus totaling 29,537 km ² and 4967 collections, yielding an average of 0.2 collections per square kilometer. However, as the rarity of this species may be attributed to few collections, it seems more appropriate to adopt the IUCN category DD (deficient data; IUCN 2012). Paratype: — BRAZIL. Piauí, Serra das Confusões, 680 m elev., 09 ° 09 ’ 52 ” S, 43 ° 23 ’ 04.5 ” W, 23 November 2010 (fl., fr.), E. Melo et al. 8831 (HUEFS!).	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE0FFBDFF13FAA75028BBDF.taxon	description	This species is similar to Eugenia dentata Niedenzu (1897: 82), but differing from the latter by the undulate margin of the leaf; petiole 1 – 2 mm long; pedicels 13 – 15 mm long; and hypanthium not costate.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE0FFBDFF13FAA75028BBDF.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Monte Santo. 10 ° 27 ’ 00 ” S 39 ° 20 ’ 00 ” W. 21 February 1974. R. M. Harley 16431 (holotype CEPEC!, isotype RB! MO, NY). Tree 4 m high; young twigs brownish, pilose, adult branch grayish – brown, glabrous. Leaf blades 16 – 24 × 8 – 13 mm, hyaline, membranaceous, ovate or lanceolate; apex acute; base cuneate; margin undulate, glabrous or pilose; glandular dots impressed, 0.05 – 0.1 mm diam., ca. 16 per square millimeter; venation brochidodromous; midvein sulcate in the proximal portion and impressed in the distal portion of the adaxial, prominent below, glabrescent; lateral veins 8 – 13, rarely curved, sub – erect, leaving the midvein at 35 ° – 40 °, glabrescent; marginal vein formed by secondary veins; petiole 1 – 2 × 0.2 – 0.3 mm, channeled, pubescent. Inflorescences axillary; 2 – 4 flowered, rachis absent at 0.9 mm; pedicels 13 – 15 × 2 – 4 mm, glabrous; bracts ca. 3.5 mm, spatulate, apex acute, pilose, glandular dots present; bracteoles not seen; buds 4.9 × 2.7 mm; calyx lobes four, 2.5 – 2.9 × 1.1 – 1.2 mm, ciliate, apex cuneate, glabrous, glandular dots present; petals four, 3.4 – 3.5 × 0.8 – 0.9 mm, spatulate or linear, undulate or ciliate, apex acute or rounded, glabrous, without glands; hypanthium 1.2 – 1.3 × 1.0 – 1.2 mm, not costate, pubescent; staminal ring 2.8 – 3 mm diam., glabrous; stamens 60, 1.9 – 3.4 mm; glabrous, anthers elliptic; style 3 – 3.3 mm, glabrous, stigma punctiform; bilocular, pluriovulate, glabrous. Fruit not seen.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE0FFBDFF13FAA75028BBDF.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The species epithet is in honor of professor and researcher Ligia Silveira Funch, who has contributed significantly to our knowledge of the vegetation of the semiarid region of Bahia State. Phenology: — Flowers in February.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE0FFBDFF13FAA75028BBDF.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — This species was collected at 610 m elev. on a quartzite rock substrate in the municipality of Monte Santo, in the semiarid region of northern Bahia State. The climate there is tropical semiarid with an average annual precipitation of 750 mm and an average annual temperature of 26 ° C (Velloso et al. 2002). The predominant phytophysiognomy of this region is shrub caatinga, although the native vegetation is rapidly being substituted by plantations and pastureland. Morphological comments: — Eugenia funchiana is similar to Eugenia dentata Niedenzu in terms of the placement of their leaves on the branches, and spatulate petals. Although they share these characteristics, E. funchiana has oval or lanceolate leaves with undulate margins, visible veins on both faces, hypanthium not costate and pubescent. E. dentata, on the other hand, has oblong – lanceolate or oblong leaves, with repand – dentate margins, veins not visible on the adaxial surface, and the hypanthium is costate and glabrous. Conservation status: — The municipality of Monte Santo covers 3186 km ² (IBGE 2015) with 1047 collections of this species according to the Species link website (CRIA 2015), generating an average of 0.3 collections / km ². However, as the rarity of this species may be attributed to few collections, it seems more appropriate to adopt the IUCN category DD (deficient data; IUCN 2012).	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE6FFBFFF13FCCB5028B803.taxon	description	This species is similar to Eugenia duarteana Cambessèdes (1832: 348) differing by having membranous leaves; calyx lobes with tuft of hairs on the apex, and hypanthium glabrous.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE6FFBFFF13FCCB5028B803.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRASIL. Bahia: Maracás, 13 ° 26 ’ 28 ’ S 40 ° 25 ’ 51 ’ W. 10 October 1983. A. M. de Carvalho 1983 (holotype CEPEC!, isotype SP!, MBM!, RB). Tree or shrub 2 – 3 m high, young twigs brownish, pilose, hair brownish; adult branches whitish, glabrous. Leaf blades 2 – 64 × 9 – 34 mm, membranaceous, obovate, elliptic or lanceolate, flat, reticulate; apex rounded, obtuse or rarely acute, with a tuft of reddish trichomes; base acute or cuneate; margin ciliate or undulate or little revolute; pilose on both sides; glandular dots on both sides, 0.6 – 0.1 mm diam., 2 – 5 per square millimeter; venation brochidodromous; midvein sulcate above, prominent below, tomentose with whitish trichomes on the adaxial side and brown on abaxial side; lateral veins 5 – 9, erect, leaving the mid vein at 35 ° – 40 °, tomentose; marginal vein absent; petiole 2 – 6 × 0.1 mm, channeled, pubescent. Inflorescences terminal, 2 – flowered; rachis 2 – 3 m; pedicels 30 – 35 mm, channeled, with glandular dots; bracts linear 0.7 – 0.9 mm, apex acute, pubescent, with brownish trichomes, bracteoles not seen; buds not seen; calyx lobes four, 5 – 7 × 3 – 5 mm, unequal, deltoid or oblong, ciliate, apex rounded, cuneate, pubescent on both sides, glandular dots present; petals four, 8 – 11 × 5 – 8 mm, clavate, ciliate, apex rounded, glabrescent abaxially, glandular dots present; hypanthium 1.7 – 2.1 × 1.5 – 1.7 mm, not costate, glabrous or with scattered trichomes, glandular dots present; staminal ring ca. 4 mm diam., pilose, square; stamens 3.5 – 6 mm long, anthers 0.5 – 0.8 mm long, elliptic; style ca. 5 mm long, glabrous, glandular dots absent; ovary bilocular, with 2 ovules per locule, glabrous. Fruit not seen.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE6FFBFFF13FCCB5028B803.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet alludes to the tuft of reddish trichomes found on the apex of leaves in this species. Phenology: — Flowers in October.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE6FFBFFF13FCCB5028B803.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Eugenia coccinea was encountered on a rock outcrop in the central-southern region of Bahia State, in the municipality of Maracás, at 964 m a. s. l. The region is semiarid, with two rainy periods during the year, with an average annual temperature of 22 ° C (Velloso et al. 2002). The caatinga vegetation there is arboreal and shrubby, although other types of vegetation such as Matas de Cipó (liana forests) are found in the region, with many areas of native vegetation being substituted by pasture, monocultures, and the cultivation of ornamental plants (IBGE 2015). Morphological comments: — Eugenia coccinea is similar to E. duarteana as both have obovate leaves with tomentose central veins, and calyx lobes with indument. They can be differentiated, however, by E. coccinea having membranous leaves and hypanthium glabrous, while E. duarteana has coriaceous leaves and hypanthium tomentose. Additionally, E. coccinea has a tuft of reddish trichomes on the apex of the central nerve on the abaxial face of the leaf, and leaf margins ciliate. Conservation status: — According to species Link website (CRIA 2015), 5682 specimens have been collected in the municipality of Maracás, which covers 2253 Km ² (IBGE 2015), representing an average of 2.6 specimens / km ². However, as the rarity of this species may be attributed to few collections, it seems more appropriate to adopt the IUCN category DD (deficient data; IUCN 2015).	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE4FFBFFF13FEB750F1BE03.taxon	description	This species is similar to Eugenia plicata Niedenzu (1897: 81), but differs by having glabrous midvein, petioles 3 – 6 mm long, calyx lobes of equal length, staminal ring ca. 3 mm in diameter.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE4FFBFFF13FEB750F1BE03.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Potiraguá, 15 ° 42 ’ 12 ” S 39 ° 34 ’ 32 ” W, 10 June de 2004, P. Fiaschi et al. 2287 (holotype CEPEC!, isotype NY). Tree 5 m high; young twigs brownish, glabrous or puberulous, adult branches grayish, glabrous. Leaf blades 29 – 8 × 8 – 22 mm, chartaceous, lanceolate, flat, reticulate; apex acute; base cuneate; margins slightly revolute and / or undulate, glabrous; glandular dot on both sides 0.1 – 0.7 mm diameter, 10 – 14 per square millimeter; venation acrodromous; midvein sulcate above, prominent below, glabrous on both sides, lateral veins 14 – 23, erect, leaving the midvein at 55 ° – 60 °, glabrous, barely visible abaxially, all confluent with the marginal vein; marginal vein 0.3 – 0.9 mm from the border; petiole 3 – 6 mm, channeled, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, 2 – 4 flowered; rachis ca. 10 mm long; pedicels 17 – 27 mm, brownish; bracts, bracteoles and flower buds not seen; calyx lobes four, 4 – 5.1 × 1.2 – 1.9 mm, deltoid or linear, equal between them, apex acute or rounded, ciliate, glabrous, abaxially with glandular dots; petals not seen; hypanthium 1.7 – 2.2 × 1.8 – 1.9 mm, not costate, pubescent, glandular dots absent; staminal ring ca. 3.2 mm diam., pilose; stamens not seen; style ca. 5.0 mm long, glabrous with translucent dots; ovary, bilocular, glabrous, number of ovules not seen. Fruit not costate, globose, puberulous, verrucose; seed one; ca. 7.3 × 3.7 mm globose; glandular dot absent.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE4FFBFFF13FEB750F1BE03.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet refers to the locality in which the species was collected. Phenology: — Fruits in June.	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
03D25530FFE4FFBFFF13FEB750F1BE03.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Eugenia potiraguensis was collected in the southern region of Bahia State in the municipality of Potiraguá and also 350 km distant in the northeastern region of the same state in the municipality of Cachoeira. Although both sites are within the Atlantic Forest domain, the former is located at 180 m elev. in a subhumid to dry climate, with 900 mm of rainfall per year and an average annual temperature of 23 ° C. The regional vegetation is composed of semideciduous and seasonally deciduous forests. The Cachoeira area is almost at sea level, the regional climate is tropical humid, with an average of 1800 mm of rainfall per year and an average annual temperature of 25 ° C. The regional vegetation is composed of dense evergreen and seasonal semideciduous forests (Tomasoni & Tomasoni 2005). The distance between the specimens of E. potiraguensis collected suggests its ample distribution, although the Atlantic Forest biome has become quite degraded, especially in the survey areas. Morphological comments: — Eugenia potiraguensis is similar to E. plicata as they both have leaves 29 – 90 mm long, lanceolate and chartaceous, with undulate and / or revolute margins. They can be distinguished by E. potiraguensis having a glabrous midvein, petiole 3 – 6 mm long, calyx lobes equal, and stamen disk ca. 3 mm diam. Eugenia plicata, on the other hand, has a puberulous midvein, petiole 0.5 – 1.4 mm long, calyx lobes unequal, and stamen disk ca. 2 mm diam. Conservation status: — Eugenia potiraguensis was collected in two municipalities where collection efforts have only been incipient and, according to the CRIA website (2015), 4325 collections have been recorded from Cachoeira (395 km ²) and 355 from Potiraguá (985 km ²), yielding a sampling ratio of ~ 3.4 specimens / km ². However, as the rarity of this species may be attributed to few collections, it seems more appropriate to adopt the IUCN category DD (deficient data; IUCN 2015). Paratype: — BRAZIL, Bahia, Cachoeira, 12 ° 32 ’ 00 ” S 39 ° 05 ’ 00 ” W, September 1980, Grupo Pedra do Cavalo 781 (ALCB!, CEPEC!, BAH, HUEFS!, IPA, RB).	en	Coutinho, Karoline, Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De, Funch, Lígia Silveira (2015): Four new species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 234 (3): 215-226, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.3.2
