Myrcia anomala Cambessèdes (1832: 328)

Santos, Matheus F., Amorim, Bruno S., Burton, George P., Faria, Jair E. Q., Fernandes, Thiago, Flickinger, Jonathan A., Gaem, Paulo Henrique, Landrum, Leslie R., Lima, Duane F., Proença, Carolyn E. B., Rosa, Priscila O., Lima-Dos-Santos, Leidiana, Setubal, Robberson B., Stadnik, Aline M. S., Staggemeier, Vanessa G., Vasconcelos, Thais N. C. & Lucas, Eve J., 2024, A taxonomic account of Myrciinae (Myrteae, Myrtaceae): generic and sectional placement of forgotten species and a list of all accepted species, Phytotaxa 674 (2), pp. 129-170 : 143

5.5.1. Myrcia anomala Cambessèdes (1832: 328) .

= Myrcia atropilosa (O.Berg) N. Silveira (1985: 65) . Aulomyrcia atropilosa O. Berg (1857 –1859: 101), syn. nov. Type:— BRAZIL. Paraná, S. Ignacio, unknown date, Sellow s.n. (holotype B, destroyed). Neotype:— BRAZIL. Paraná, Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha, 15 December 1976, L.T.Dombrowski 6757 (MBM227996!, designated here).

In the protologue, Aulomyrcia atropilosa is compared with Aulomyrcia montana (Cambess. 1832–1833: 325) O. Berg (1855 –1856: 36) (= Myrcia montana Cambessèdes ), a species of Myrcia sect. Gomidesia . However, the protologue does not describe any feature typical of this section; instead, the reflexed calyx lobes suggest affinities with Myrcia sect. Tomentosae . Lannoy et al. (2021) informally suggested that Aulomyrcia atropilosa should be a synonym of Myrcia anomala , which belongs to the latter section. In fact, the reduced and villose inflorescences of A. atropilosa , with up to 8 flowers clustered at the apex of a very short peduncle, are quite characteristic of M. anomala from southern Brazil. Other shared features include the villose branchlets, and cordate leaves with acuminate apices and prominent venation. The type material of Aulomyrcia atropilosa was probably destroyed at B; no other specimens related to this name were found. The neotype selected here matches well the protologue.