Eugenia ochracea (Myrtaceae, Myrteae), a new species from Atlantic forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil

A new species of Eugenia sect. Umbellatae (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) from the Atlantic forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil is proposed: Eugenia ochracea . It is most similar to Eugenia crassa and Eugenia barrana , and the presence mainly of floccose indumentum on leaves and lanceolate to linear bracteoles al...

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Published inBrittonia Vol. 71; no. 3; pp. 318 - 324
Main Authors Valdemarin, Karinne Sampaio, Mazine, Fiorella F., Souza, Vinicius Castro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.09.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Brazil
Eugenia
Forests
habitats
leaves
Life Sciences
Myrtaceae
New species
Plant Anatomy/Development
Plant Ecology
Plant Physiology
Plant Sciences
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
plant taxonomy
Wildlife conservation
Brazil
Tabuleiro forest
Biodiversity conservation
Vale Natural Reserve
taxonomy
sect
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Summary:A new species of Eugenia sect. Umbellatae (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) from the Atlantic forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil is proposed: Eugenia ochracea . It is most similar to Eugenia crassa and Eugenia barrana , and the presence mainly of floccose indumentum on leaves and lanceolate to linear bracteoles allow us to propose it as new. Comments on its distribution and habitat, conservation assessment, and other morphologically similar species are herein presented.
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ISSN:0007-196X
1938-436X
DOI:10.1007/s12228-019-09567-y