Eugenia ellipsoidea Kiaerskou, Enum. Myrt. Bras.

Sobral, Marcos, 2013, Eight New Atlantic Rainforest Species and Nomenclatural Notes in Brazilian Myrtaceae, Phytotaxa 135 (1), pp. 43-61 : 60

2.2. Eugenia ellipsoidea Kiaerskou, Enum. Myrt. Bras. : 134. 1893.

Types: Rio de Janeiro, Glaziou 13876, lectotype C, here designated; K, isolectotype; Rio de Janeiro, Glaziou 13878 , BR , F , G , R .

In the protologue, Kiaerskou (1893) warns that specimens of Glaziou 13878 were distributed as " Eugenia dives " (it is possible that Kiaerskou had in mind E. gardneriana O.Berg var. dives O.Berg , a synonym of E. florida De Candolle —see Govaerts et al. 2012). All specimens of Glaziou 13878 that I was able to examine until now belong to Eugenia florida , a quite distinct species and obviously an error of labeling; throughout the description of E. ellipsoidea, Kiaerskou clearly refers to the features of Glaziou 13876, a gathering of only fruiting material; the duplicates of Glaziou 13878 are flowering specimens, and Kiaerskou do not mention flowers in the protologue, nor other characters of Glaziou 13878, such as well developed racemiform inflorescences and larger blades. So, the present lectotypification is necessary to avoid future misconceptions of E. ellipsoidea . Images of the referred types are available on-line, Glaziou 13876 (http://apps.kew.org/ herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000276647) and 13878 (http://www.br.fgov.be/RESEARCH/ COLLECTIONS/HERBARIUM/detail.php?ID=473444).