24. Myrcia racemosa (O.Berg) Kiaerskou (1893: 72); Souza et al. (2007: 49–63) [Fig. 3S; Fig. 6E]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest (Sobral et al. 2009) from the northeast to southern regions of Brazil (Govaerts et al. 2010, Sobral et al. 2010, Proença & Sobral 2006). In the Northeast, it occurs in the States of Bahia (Sobral et al. 2010), Alagoas (Lemos et al. 2010), Pernambuco (Amorim & Alves 2011a), and Sergipe.

Trees 3–8 m tall. Morphologicaly similar to Myrcia splendens, but differs by having acuminate calyx lobes, a glabrous hypanthium and subglobose to globose fruit.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Reserva Ecológica Mata do Zumbi, 06.XII.2010, fl., B.S. Amorim 694 et al. (UFP); Igarassu, Usina São José, 28.IV.2009, fr., B.S. Amorim 454 et al. (UFP); Tamandaré, Área de Proteção Ambiental Guadalupe, 08.I.2010, fr., B.S. Amorim 520 et al. (UFP). Sergipe: Santa Luzia da Itanhy, 13.VI.1997, fr., M. Landim et al. 1284 (ASE) .