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) .