Eugenia hirta Berg (1859: 574)

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

9. Eugenia hirta Berg (1859: 574) [ Fig. 2J ; Fig 5G ]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009) and distributed in the Northeastern and Southeastern regions of Brazil ( Sobral et al. 2010).

Shrubs to 3 m tall, leaves 3.0–7.7 × 1.5–3.5 cm, midvein flat or raised on adaxial lamina surface, raceme with the main axis reduced, bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, hypanthium and style glabrous, fruits globose with seeds maculate.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Goiana, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Fazenda Tabatinga , 27.I.2010, fr., B.S. Amorim 529 et al. (UFP); Recife, Parque Ecológico de Dois Irmãos , 03.V.2010, fl., B.S. Amorim 645 et al. (UFP); Tamandaré, Reserva Biológica de Saltinho , 29.V.2009, fr., B.S. Amorim 481 et al. (UFP) .

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.