Giovanni Casaretto: a short biography and his botanical collections in Brazil and Uruguay Delprete, Piero G. Phytotaxa 2016 2016-03-21 253 1 27 47 D48 [136,264,664,689] Magnoliopsida Myrtaceae Plantae Myrtales 13 40 Tracheophyta family   Accepted name:  Eugenia patensPoir. When Berg (1858: 520)described this species he indicated the collection locality and “M.” which means that the specimen studied is a Martius collection. In addition, at the end of the species description he cited “(v. in hb. Monac.)” meaning that he saw a specimen deposited at M. Therefore, the specimen M-137729 is here recognized as the holotype. According to WCSP (2016) and Sobral et al.(2016)  Eugenia casarettoanaO. Bergis a synonym of  E. patensPoir.   Gomidesia casarettoana(as “ casaretteana”) O. Berg in Mart. et al.(Eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 20–21. 1857. Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Without locality, s.d., Martius s.n.(  lectotypeM barcode M-0137574!, here designated).  Accepted name:  Myrcia pubescensDC. When Berg (1857: 20–21)described this taxon he cited several syntypes, and sheet M-0137574 is here selected as the lectotype. On this specimen are affixed two labels by O. Berg and L. Jennings stating that this name is a synonym of  Myrcia pubescensDC.