8. Eugenia florida De Candolle (1828: 283); McVaugh (1958: 700–701) [Fig. 2I; Fig 5F]

Widely distributed in tropical America (Govaerts et al. 2010) including all Brazilian regions (Sobral et al., 2010).

Trees to 6 m tall, leaves 7.5–12.0 × 2.5–4.5 cm, midvein sulcate on adaxial lamina surface, inflorescence a raceme, bracts lanceolate, bracteoles rotund, hypanthium and style glabrous, fruits subglobose.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Camaragibe, Mata Brennand, 10.V.2010, fr. B.S. Amorim 647 et al. (UFP); Igarassu, Usina São José, 21.XI.2009, fl. E. Pessoa 108 et al. (UFP); Tamandaré, Engenho Mamucabas, 19.II.2000, fr., M. Oliveira et al. 568 (UFP) .