Myrcia valenzuelana

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 : 142

5.2.10. Myrcia valenzuelana (A.Rich.) Grisebach (1866: 86). Eugenia valenzuelana A.Richard (in Sagra 1846: 593). Aulomyrcia sagrae [“ sagraea ”] O. Berg (1861: 655), nom. illeg. Type:— CUBA. Valenzuela, unknown date, Sagra s.n. or 9(?) (lectotype P00161098 [image!], designated here; isolectotypes P00161099 [image!], P00161100 [image!]).

Myrcia valenzuelana has inflorescences with some subopposite branching, turbinate flowers with an extended hypanthium and pentamerous calyx, features that place the species in M. sect. Aulomyrcia .

Berg (1861) based the description of Aulomyrcia sagrae on the same collection that Richard based the description of Eugenia valenzuelana ; A. sagrae is here considered homotypic and illegitimate. The type specimens are at P, the main herbarium of Ramón de la Sagra’s collection ( Stafleu & Cowan 1985). The lectotype bears Richard’s and Berg’s handwriting, identifying the specimen as E. valenzuelana and A. sagrae , respectively.