Eugenia bunchosiifolia Nied., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3, Abt. 7: 82. 1893.

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 : 75-76

1. Eugenia bunchosiifolia Nied., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3, Abt. 7: 82. 1893.

Eugenia bunchosiifolia Basionym: Phyllocalyx grandifolius O. Berg, Fl. Bras. 14(1): 333. 1857.

Eugenia bunchosiifolia Type: Brazil. Habitat ad urbem Santos in prov. S.Pauli, fructificat Majo: Sellow s.n. (holotype: B, destroyed; lectotype here designated: K[000170006]!)

Phyllocalyx grandifolius var. pyriformis O. Berg, Fl. Bras. 14(1): 591. 1859.

Eugenia bunchosiifolia Type: Brazil. Habitat in silvis prope urbem Rio de Janeiro, e.g. ad Tejuca, florebat Novembri, fructificabat Septembri: Riedel s.n. (holotype: LE! [photo])

Eugenia santensis Kiaerskou, Enum. Myrt. Bras. 163. 1893, nom. superfl.

Eugenia bunchosiifolia Type: Based on Phyllocalyx grandifolius O. Berg

Eugenia littoralis Mattos, Loefgrenia 42:1. 1970, nom. illeg.

Eugenia bunchosiifolia Type: Brazil. São Paulo: Peruibe, Prainha, 25 Jul 1969, Mattos 15599 (holotype: HB!)

Eugenia brunoi Mattos, Loefgrenia 99:2. 1990, syn. nov.

Eugenia bunchosiifolia Type: Based on Eugenia littoralis Mattos

Notes.

Eugenia bunchosiifolia is a tree 3-15m alt. from the coastal Atlantic Forest of Brazil, growing in rainforests from Paraná, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states. This species has glabrous leaves with obscure glandular dots visible on both faces, leaf apices are acuminate, without cartilaginous margins, the hypanthium is velutinous. The lectotype of Eugenia bunchosiifolia was chosen because the holotype was destroyed in the Second World War. The specimem found at K was a isotype and now considered the lectotype of this name.

The protologue and the examinated holotype of Eugenia brunoi matches with those of Eugenia bunchosiifolia , hence this species is here synonymized with Eugenia bunchosiifolia