5.17. Myrcia tomentosa (Aubl.) DC., Prodr. 3: 245. 1828.

Basionym: Eugenia tomentosa Aubl ., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 504. 1775 (type: Guiana, Aublet s.n., BM).

= Aulomyrcia spathulata O.Berg, Fl. Bras. 14(1): 91. 1857. Myrcia spathulata (O.Berg) Kiaersk., Enum. Myrt. Bras.: 72. 1893. (syntypes: Rio de Janeiro, Sellow s.n., B; "In campis ad Pantago, provinciae S. Pauli", Sellow s.n., B, both probably lost). Syn. nov.

= Myrcia verruculata S.Moore, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 355. 1895 (type: Mato Grosso, S. Moore 276, BM). Syn. nov.

We were not able to find any original specimen of Aulomyrcia spathulata, but the description in the protologue adequately matches the characters of Myrcia tomentosa . Additionally, the species to which A. spathulata is compared Aulomyrcia alloiota, A. aureolanata and A. caracasana (Berg, 1857 –1859) are all synonyms of M. tomentosa (Govaerts et al. 2010) .