Myrcia arenaria, L. L. Santos, M. F. Sales & Sobral. A. Branch. B. Young, 2016

Santos, Leidiana Lima Dos, Sales, Margareth Ferreira De & Sobral, Marcos, 2016, A new Brazilian species of Myrcia (Myrtaceae) and a new synonym for Psidium amplexicaule, Phytotaxa 257 (2), pp. 122-132 : 126

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.257.2.2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A0D356-FFF1-E52C-FF19-FB18FA69997D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Myrcia arenaria
status

 

Key for Myrcia arenaria View in CoL and related species from the Atlantic Rainforest

1. Flower buds with calyx lobes partially fused, with 4 to 5 discrete lobes visible at the apex before anthesis ................................. 2

- Flower buds with calyx lobes completely fused, tearing regularly or irregularly in 4 or 5 lobes at anthesis .................................. 3

2. Leaf blade elliptic to ovate, apex acute or rarely rounded. Inflorescences strigose with at least one pair of basal bracts; flower buds usually concealed by bracteoles; calyx lobes 4 ........................................................................................... Marlierea neuwiedeana View in CoL

- Leaf blade elliptic to oblong, apex cuspidate. Inflorescences puberulous or glabrous without basal bracts; flower buds not concealed by bracteoles; calyx lobes 5 .................................................................................................................. Marlierea riedeliana View in CoL

3. Leaf blade pilose when young, slightly concolored, with 2 marginal veins ..................................................... Marlierea regeliana View in CoL

- Leaf blade glabrous when young, discolored, with 1 marginal vein ................................................................................................ 4

4. Flower buds ovate, glabrous; petals 1 to 3; leaf blades ovate to oblong ........................................................... Marlierea excoriata View in CoL

- Flower buds obovate, pilose, and basally sericeous; petals absent; leaf blades elliptic to ovate ............................ Myrcia arenaria View in CoL

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Myrcia

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