Eugenia umbrosa Berg (1859: 582)

Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 40, pp. 33-54 : 41

13. Eugenia umbrosa Berg (1859: 582) [ Fig. 3A ; Fig 5K ]

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009) from the Northeast to Southeast regions of Brazil ( Govaerts et al. 2010, Proença & Sobral 2006).

Trees 3–7 m tall, leaves 10.5–27.0 × 5.5–7.5 cm, midvein flat or raised on adaxial lamina surface, raceme with the main axes reduced, bracts linear-lanceolate, bracteoles rotund-lanceolate, hypanthium glabrous, fruit ellipsoid and verrucose with seeds ellipsoid and maculate.

Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Igarassu, Usina São José , 12.III.2009, fl., fr., B.S. Amorim 424 et al. (UFP); 30.VIII.2008, fr., M.A.M. Silva 38 et al. (UFP); Paulista, Loteamento Alto do Morumbi , 02.III.2002, fr., M.F.A. Lucena 954 et al. (UFP) .

Figures

FIGURE 3. A. Eugenia umbrosa. —Fruits. (B.S. Amorim 424). —B. Eugenia uniflora. —Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 320). —C. Eugenia sp. nov. —Fruits. (B.S. Amorim 691) —D–E. Gomidesia blanchetiana. —D. flower. (J.R.R. Cantarelli 203) —E. Fruit. (M.F.A. Lucena 1820) —F-G. Marlierea excoriata. —F. Flower. (B.S. Amorim 516) —G. Fruit. (R.B. Santos 46) —H-I. Marlierea tomentosa. —H. Flower. (A. Filho 269) —I. Fruit. (P.C. Lobo 25373) —J-L. Myrcia bergiana —J. Inflorescence. (B.S. Amorim 433) —K. Flower. (B.S. Amorim 479) —L. Fruit. (L.M. Nascimento 681) —M-O. Myrcia densa. —M. Leaf. (T.L.C. Nadia —UFP34137) —N. Pubescence detail of leaf abaxial surface. (T.L.C. Nadia —UFP34137) —O. Fruit. (T.L.C. Nadia —UFP34137) —P. Myrcia guianensis. —Fruit. (B.S. Amorim 411) —Q. Myrcia insularis. (K. Almeida 17) —Fruit. —R. Myrcia multiflora. (I.M. Cruz 36) —Flower. —S. Myrcia racemosa. —Fruit. (B.S. Amorim 454) —T-U. Myrcia spectabilis. —T. Fruit. (J.A.N. Souza 630) —U. Imbricate calyx lobes detail. (J.A.N. Souza 630).

FIGURE 5. A. Calyptranthes dardanoi Mattos. —Infructescence. —B. Campomanesia dichotoma. —Infructescence. —C. Eugenia candolleana. —Habit and Inflorescence. —D. Eugenia dichroma. —Fruit. (Amorim & Alves 2011) —E. Eugenia excelsa. —Infructescence. —F. Eugenia florida. —Infructescence. —G. Eugenia hirta. —Infructescence. —H. Eugenia luschnathiana. —Fruit. —I. Eugenia punicifolia. —Inflorescence. —J. Eugenia umbelliflora. —Infructescence. —K. Eugenia umbrosa. —Fruit. —L. Eugenia uniflora. —Fruit. —M. Eugenia sp. nov. indet. —Fruit. —N. Gomidesia blanchetiana. —Infructescence. —O. Marlierea excoriata. —Habit and inflorescence. —P–Q. Myrcia bergiana. —P. Inflorescence. —Q. Infrutescence. —R. Myrcia densa. —Leaf.