Eugenia pachnantha O.Berg (1859: 585)

Valdemarin, Karinne Sampaio, Mazine, Fiorella F. & Souza, Vinicius Castro, 2024, Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from Reserva Natural Vale, Espírito Santo, a center of plant endemism in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, Phytotaxa 651 (1), pp. 1-79 : 56

34. Eugenia pachnantha O.Berg (1859: 585) . ( Fig. 22C .)

Shrubs or trees 2–15 m tall. Twigs glabrous when young. Young leaves glabrous when young. Leaves with petioles 4– 7 mm long, slightly canaliculate, glabrous; blades 75–150 × 35–55 mm, elliptic or rare narrow-lanceolate, discolorous when dry, lighter abaxially, not glaucous and glabrous on both surfaces; base acute, obtuse or attenuate; apex acute; midvein sulcate, plane or rare slightly raised adaxially and raised abaxially, glabrous on both surfaces; secondary veins 8–12 at each side, raised on both surfaces, first pair confluent with the innermost marginal vein; marginal veins two, the innermost 2–3 mm from the plane without thickening margin; oil glands inconspicuous adaxially and raised abaxially. Inflorescence axillary, rare ramiflorous, glomerules or fascicle, sessile or with peduncle up to 0.5 mm long, rachis up to 5 mm long, puberulent; bracts 1–1.5 mm long, ovate, puberulent or ciliate, deciduous at anthesis; 2–6 flowers; pedicels absent or up to 4 mm long, puberulent; bracteoles 1–1.5 mm long, free or connate by the bases, ovate, apex obtuse, ciliate, not reflexed, persistent in the fruit; trichomes brownish. Flower buds 2.5–3.5 mm in diameter. Flowers with smooth, rare costate, pubescent hypanthium; calyx lobes 4, fused along the first third of the bud length, 1.5–3 × 1.5–2 mm, ovate or oblong, apex obtuse, puberulent or glabrous and ciliate; petals 4, obovate, oil glands evident; staminal ring puberulent; stamens with filaments 2–4 mm, anthers oblong; style 4–5 mm long, glabrous, stigma punctiform; ovary 2-locular, ovules 16–26 per locule, locule internally glabrous. Fruits 7–11 × 13–18 mm, oblate, smooth, rare slightly costate, pubescent or puberulent, dark purple when ripe; seed 1–2 per fruit, 5–15 × 4.5–12 mm, globose or ellipsoid, testa smooth.

Specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Linhares, Reserva Natural Vale – Aceiro após estrada Murici , 26 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 872 (ESA!) ; ibid., Aceiro de acesso a Estrada Roxinho , 10 December 2016, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 318 (ESA!, SORO!) ; ibid., Aceiro do Viveiro , 12 April 2004, fr., D.A. Folli 4816 (CVRD!, SORO!) ; ibid., Estrada 211, 31 October 1983, fl., G. Martinelli 9741 (ESA!, HUFSJ!, MBML!) ; ibid., Estrada Carneiro , 25 September 2003, fl., D.A. Folli 4612 (CVRD!, SORO!) ; ibid., Estrada Cinco Folhas , 21 November 2008, fl., G.S. Siqueira 450 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, SORO!) ; ibid., 27 January 2017, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 913 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Flamengo , 07 April 2006, fr., G.Q. Freire 66 (CVRD!, ESA!, SORO!) ; ibid., 11 December 2016, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 360 (ESA!) ; ibid., 15 April 2011, fr., R. Morokawa 344 (BHCB!, CVRD!, ESA!, RB!) ; ibid., próximo ao galpão dos tratores, 08 November 2006, fl., G.S. Siqueira 258 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, SORO!) ; ibid., trilha próximo à torre, 11 December 2016, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 364 (ESA!) ; ibid., 24 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 807 (ESA!) ; ibid., 24 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 808 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Gávea , 07 August 2002, fr., D.A. Folli 4316 (CVRD!, SORO!) ; ibid., 12 December 2016, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 418 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Jequitibá Rosa , 30 de Janeiro de 2017, K.S. Valdemarin 931 (ESA!) ; ibid., Estrada Jueirana Vermelha , antes da casa da guarda, 20 April 2011, fr., J.C. Lopes 292 (CVRD!, ESA!, RB!, SPF!, UB!) ; ibid., Estrada Louro , 20 June 2012, fr., G.S. Siqueira 744 (CVRD!, SORO!) ; ibid., Estrada Macanaíba Pele de Sapo , 15 July 2003, fr., G.S. Siqueira 19 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, RB!, SORO!) ; ibid., Estrada Mantegueira , 11 December 2016, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 373 (ESA!) ; ibid., 11 December 2016, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 378 (ESA!) ; ibid., 11 December 2016, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 392 (ESA!) ; ibid., 14 November 2006, fl., D.A. Folli 5338 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, SORO!) ; ibid., Estrada Sapucaia Vermelha , May 2004, fr., D.A. Folli 4844 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!, SORO!) ; ibid., Trilha da Peróba Amarela , 23 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 788 (ESA!) ibid., 23 January 2017, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 789 (ESA!) ; ibid., 23 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 776 (ESA!) ; ibid., 23 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 779 (ESA!) ; ibid., 23 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 782 (ESA!) ; ibid., 13 December 2016, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 443 (ESA!) ; ibid., Trilha do Pequi Vinagreiro , 13 December 2016, fl., K.S. Valdemarin 457 (ESA!) ; ibid., 27 January 2017, fr., K.S. Valdemarin 898 (ESA!); no locality, 23 March 1986, fr., M. Sobral 4734 (CVRD!, HUFSJ!) .

Distribution and habitat: — Eugenia pachnantha is known from collections from the state of Bahia in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil, and these are the first occurrence of the species in Espírito Santo state. In the RNV, the species is found in the Mata Alta and Muçununga vegetation.

Phenology: —Flowering in September through January; fruiting in January through August ( Fig. 5 ).

Taxonomic comments: —The species can be assigned to Eugenia sect. Umbellatae due to its inflorescences in glomerules or fascicles, and bracteoles persistent in the fruit. The species is easily distinguished from all other species in RNV by its leaf blades with acute, obtuse or attenuate base, two marginal veins, inflorescences in glomerules or fascicles with pedicels up to 4 mm long, flowers with pubescent hypanthium and calyx lobes puberulent or glabrous, and bracteoles persistent in the fruit.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Phenological diagram of Eugenia species from Reserva Natural Vale, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Flowering periods are represented by dark red border triangles, fruiting in grey filled triangles, and “n” is the number of observations.

FIGURE 22. Fruiting branch of Eugenia neosilvestris (K.S. Valdemarin 344) B. Flowering branch of Eugenia ochracea (K.S. Valdemarin 467), C. Fruiting branch of Eugenia pachnantha (K.S. Valdemarin 776), D. Flowering branch of Eugenia pisiformis (G. Siqueira, Vale S.A.).