Eugenia wentii Amshoff, Recueil Trav. Bot. Neerl . 39: 160, f. 4. 1942.

de Oliveira Buenger, Mariana, Mazine, Fiorella Fernanda, Lucas, Eve J. & Stehmann, Joao Renato, 2016, Circumscription and synopsis of Eugenia section Speciosae Buenger & Mazine (Myrtaceae), PhytoKeys 61, pp. 73-80 : 77

6. Eugenia wentii Amshoff, Recueil Trav. Bot. Neerl. 39: 160, f. 4. 1942. Fig. 1A, B

Phyllocalyx wentii Amshoff, Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 39: 158, f. 4. 1942

Eugenia wentii Type: Based on Eugenia wentii Amshoff nomen alternativ.

Calycorectes macrocalyx Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 313. 1927.

Eugenia wentii Type: Bolivia. Bopi River Valley. Rusby 666 (holotype: NY! [00386736]; isotypes: BKL! [photo], MICH! [photo], US! [photo])

Eugenia macrocalyx (Rusby) McVaugh, Fieldiana, Bot. 29(3): 212. 1956, nom. illeg.

Eugenia wentii Type: Based on Calycorectes macrocalyx Rusby

Type.

Suriname. Fluv. Coppename inf., Went FAFC 142 (holotype: U! [0005034])

Notes.

Eugenia wentii is a treelet or tree 3-6 m high from the Amazon forest; it is found in Amazônia and Pará States (Brazil), French Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. This species has glabrous leaves with flat, visible gland dots on both faces, caudate apices without cartilaginous margins and a velutinous hypanthium.

Figures

Figure 1. A, B Auxotelic inflorescence and foliaceous calyx, Eugenia wentii (photo by B. Holst) C, E, F Eugenia speciosa, mature fruit with decidous bracteoles, stem bark and position and format of the bracteoles (photos by M. O. Buenger); D Eugenia longipetiolata (photo by M. O. Buenger).