Circumscription and synopsis of Eugenia section Speciosae Bünger & Mazine (Myrtaceae)

By

Bünger, Mariana de Oliveira
Mazine, Fiorella
Lucas, Eve
Stehmann, João Renato

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

61

Pages

73-80

Subjects

Amazon Forest , Atlantic forest , Myrteae , Neotropics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.61.7904

 

Abstract

A new section of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) is described, segregate from Eugenia sect. Phyllocalyx. Phylogenetic studies suggest that Eugenia sect. Phyllocalyx as traditionally delimited is paraphyletic. To maintain the monophyly of each of the sections in Eugenias.l., we herein opt to circumscribe a new section and recognize six taxa in sect. Speciosae, which has a distribution mostly in southeastern Brazil and northern South America. Nomenclatural notes are made and a taxonomic key is provided for the species of the section.