Eugenia speciosa Cambess., Fl. Bras. Merid. (quarto ed.) 2(19): 351. 1832.

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 : 76-77

5. Eugenia speciosa Cambess., Fl. Bras. Merid. (quarto ed.) 2(19): 351. 1832. Fig. 1C, E, F

Phyllocalyx speciosus (Cambess.) O. Berg, Fl. Bras. 27(2-3): 307. 1856.

Eugenia longipetiolata Type: Based on Eugenia speciosa Cambess.

Phyllocalyx retusus O. Berg, Fl. Bras. 14(1): 331. 1857.

Eugenia speciosa Type: Brazil. Habitat ad ripas flaminis Rio Pardo in Montevideo: Sellow s.n. (holotype B, probably destroyed; isotypes: K! [000276590], BR! [0000005261277]).

Phyllocalyx limbatus O. Berg, Fl. Bras. 14(1): 332. 1857.

Eugenia speciosa Type: Brazil. Habitat ad Angra dos Reys in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Pohl 264, 5760., loco incerto ajusdem prov., Sellow s.n. (lectotype here designated BR! [526061-Sellow]!; isolectotype: B (fl.), probably destroyed; W (fr.) [photo]!).

Phyllocalyx macrosepalus O. Berg, Fl. Bras. 14(1): 332. 1857.

Eugenia speciosa Type: Brazil. Habitat ad Alegres et Manoel Jesu praedia in prov. Minarum: Mikan s.n., Pohl s.n. (lectotype here designated: BR! [526984]; isolectotypes: M! [M-0171010], W [photo]!).

Phyllocalyx marginatus O. Berg, Fl. Bras. 14(1): 332. 1857.

Eugenia speciosa Type: Brazil. Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Martius s.n. (holotype: BR! [526094].

Eugenia retusa (O.Berg) Nied., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 7: 82. 1893.

Eugenia longipetiolata Type: Based on Phyllocalyx retusus O. Berg

Eugenia caldensis Kiaerskou, Enum. Myrt. Bras. 162. 1893.

Eugenia longipetiolata Type: Based on Phyllocalyx marginatus O. Berg

Eugenia macrocalyx Mart. ex B.D.Jacks, Index Kew. 1: 908. 1893.

Eugenia longipetiolata Type: Based on Phyllocalyx macrosepalus Berg

Type.

Brazil. In sabulosis prope praedium vulgo Fazenda d’Araucaria in prov. S.Pauli, floret Octobri: Saint-Hilaire s.n. (lectotype: P [P01902768]!; isolectotype: MPU! [photo])

Notes.

Eugenia speciosa is a tree 5-12 m high from Atlantic Forest in southern and southeastern Brazil. It is common in rainforests and “restingas”. This species also occurs in montane Atlantic Forest in Minas Gerais State (Brazil) and also occurs in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia. This species has leaves with visible, salient dots on both faces, glabrous, obtuse apices with cartilaginous margins and a glabrous hypanthium.

The lectotypes chosen for Phyllocalyx limbatus and Phyllocalyx macrosepalus are from BR; they were seen and we consider that the specimens that well represent the names. The lectotype that was chosen for Phyllocalyx limbatus is a specimen that is a duplicate (isotype) of the specimen that was in B which was destroyed in the Second World War. For thus, we consider it as the lectotype for this species.

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).