Myrcia tenuivenosa Kiaerskou (1893: 83)

Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 40, pp. 33-54 : 45

28. Myrcia tenuivenosa Kiaerskou (1893: 83) ; Legrand & Klein (1969b: 252–253) [ Fig. 4E; Fig. 6I]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009) and previously known only from the Southeast to South regions of Brazil ( Sobral et al. 2010). New records of this species for the Northeast in the States of Bahia, Pernambuco and Alagoas are presented here

Trees 8–10 m tall. This species differs from other Myrcia species by leaves 6.5–10.0 × 2–3 cm, a sulcate midvein on the adaxial lamina surface, deciduous bracts, lanceolate bracteoles, acute and unequal calyx lobes, 4 larger (2 mm long), 1 shorter (1 mm long), a glabrous hypanthium and subglobose fruit.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: São Lourenço da Mata, Estação Ecológica de Taparcurá , 09.I.2001, fr., K. Almeida 94 et al. (JPB); Sirinhaem, Engenho Lage, 01.XI.1968, fl., D.P. Lima 12620 et al. (IPA); Usina Trapiche, 21.XII.2010, fl., B.S. Amorim et al. 704 (UFP). Alagoas: s.loc., 28.X1980, fl., A. Lima 80-9778 et al. (IPA); Bahia. Barro Preto, Serra da Pedra Lascada , 10.XII.2005, fl., J.G. Jardim 4794 et al. (RB). Espírito Santo:. Castelo, Parque Estadual do Forno Grande , 27.I.2004, fr., L. Kollmann 6380 et al. (RB) .