Myrcia guianensis De Candolle 1828
Authors/Creators
- 1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670 - 901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- 2. Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670 - 901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Description
21. Myrcia guianensis (Aubl.) De Candolle (1828: 245); McVaugh (1969: 93–95) [Fig. 3P. Fig. 6B–C]
Occurs from Trinidad to Paraguay (Govaerts et al. 2010) and is widely distributed in Brazil (Sobral et al. 2010).
Trees and shrubs 3–8 m tall. This species differs from other Myrcia species by having leaves 3.0–7.5 × 1.5–3.5 cm, a flat or raised midvein on the adaxial lamina surface, lanceolate bracts, linear bracteoles, rounded and unequal calyx lobes, 3 larger (2 mm long), 2 shorter (1 mm long), a 3-locular ovary and subglobose fruits.
Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Igarassu, Usina São José, 20.II.2009, fl., B.S. Amorim 445 et al. (UFP); Recife, Parque Ecológico de Dois Irmãos, 03.V.2010, fr., B.S. Amorim 646 et al. (UFP); Tamandaré, Reserva Biológica de Saltinho, 29.V.2009, fr., B.S. Amorim 470 et al. (UFP).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2009-02-20
- Verbatim event date
- 2009-02-20/2010-05-03
- Scientific name authorship
- De Candolle
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Myrcia
- Species
- guianensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Myrcia guianensis Candolle, 1828 sec. Amorim & Alves, 2012
References
- De Candolle, A. P. (1828) Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis vol. 3. Treuttel & Wurts. Paris, 494 pp.
- McVaugh, R. (1969) The botany of Guayana Highland: VIII. Myrtaceae. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 18: 55 - 286.
- Govaerts, R., Sobral, M., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B. K., Landrum, L., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F. F., Lughadha, E. N., Proenca, C., Soares-Silva, L. H., Wilson, P. G. & Lucas, E. (2010) World Checklist of Myrtaceae. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http: // www. kew. org / wcsp /. Accessed: 29 July 2010.
- Sobral, M., Proenca, C., Souza, M., Mazine, F. & Lucas, E. (2010) Myrtaceae. In: Forzza, R. C., Leitman, P. M., Costa, A. F., Carvalho Jr., A. A., Peixoto, A. L., Walter, B. M. T., Bicudo, C., Zappi, D., Costa, D. P., Lleras, E., Martinelli, G., Lima, H. C., Prado, J., Stehmann, J. R., Baumgratz, J. F. A., Pirani, J. R., Sylvestre, L., Maia, L. C., Lohmann, L. G., Queiroz, L. P., Silveira, M., Coelho, M. N., Mamede, M. C., Bastos, M. N. C., Morim, M. P., Barbosa, M. R., Menezes, M., Hopkins, M., Secco, R., Cavalcanti, T. B. & Souza, V. C. Lista de Especies da Flora do Brasil. Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Published on the internet; http: // floradobrasil. jbrj. gov. br / 2010 / FB 010791. Accessed: 5 October 2011.