Myrcianthes minimifolia

Villarroel, Daniel, Lino-Villalba, Oriana A., Arroyo-Herbas, Liliana & Klitgaard, Bente B., 2025, A new species of Myrciaria and botanical novelties in the family Myrtaceae for Bolivia, Phytotaxa 701 (3), pp. 261-270 : 267

Myrcianthes minimifolia (McVaugh; 1956: 213) McVaugh (1963: 492).

Before the present report, the distribution of M. minimifolia was only known from the montane forests of the Andes of Peru (where the type specimen was collected; A. Weberbauer 6500, F!, GH!, US!) and northern Argentina ( Rotman 1985) .

Morphological characteristics:— Shrub 2–3 m tall, smooth stem and with detached rhytidome. Leaves with oblong or oblanceolate blades, coriaceous, discolorous, 0.8–1.2 × 0.3–0.5 cm. Flowers solitary, peduncles <0.5 cm long. Fruits globose to elliptical, 0.8–1 cm diameter, red when ripe. Figure 4D and E .

Distribution and habitat in Bolivia:— Myrcianthes minimifolia grows in the Tucumán-Bolivian Forest, a humid and cloudy montane forest, between 2,500 –3,000 m elev.

Specimens examined:— BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz, Prov. Vallegrande: Ruta del Che, camino entre Guadalupe y Pucará, 18°35’51’’S, 64°07’42’’W, 2752 m, 22 January 2013, fr, G.A. Parada et al. 5040 (MO!, USZ!).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Botanical news of the Myrtaceae family for the Bolivian flora.A. Leaves of Myrciaria cuspidata, E. Hassler5869, Paraguay. B. Leaves of M. cuspidata, Al. Gentry et al. 73891, Bolivia. C. Leaves of Myrciaria tenella, C.F.P. Martius 47, Brasil. D & E. Leaves and fruits of Myrcianthes minimifolia, G.A. Parada et al. 5040, Bolivia. Scale bar in A–D: 1 cm