Circumscription and synopsis of Eugenia section Speciosae Buenger & Mazine (Myrtaceae) Author de Oliveira Buenger, Mariana Laboratorio de Sistematica Vegetal, Departamento de Botanica, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CEP 31270 - 901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil maribunger@gmail.com Author Mazine, Fiorella Fernanda Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW 9 3 AE, U. K. Author Lucas, Eve J. Author Stehmann, Joao Renato Laboratorio de Sistematica Vegetal, Departamento de Botanica, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CEP 31270 - 901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil text PhytoKeys 2016 2016-02-25 61 73 80 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.61.7904 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.61.7904 1314-2003-61-73 FFDACE7CFFB073572F73FFD7D706FFB7 576359 4. Eugenia macedoi Mattos & D. Legrand, Loefgrenia 67: 24. 1975. Type. Brasil, Minas Gerais: Ituiutaba, San Vicente, 12 Sep. 1950, Macedo, A. 2574 (holotype: MVM, not seen; isotype US! [00603977]) Notes. Eugenia macedoi is known only by two specimens colected in Minas Gerais and Goias States (Brazil). This species is a shrub growing in the Cerrado biome (like savannas ). Apparently it is the only species of the section that occurs in dry areas. This species has glabrescent leaves without cartilaginous margins, dots visible on both faces, leaf apices are acute, and the hypanthium is velutinous.