Sunday, July 3, 2022

[Botany • 2022] Eugenia paranapanemensis (Myrtaceae) • the Pitanga-amarela, and A Key to Eugenia sect. Eugenia Species from São Paulo State, Brazil


Eugenia paranapanemensis   

in Valdemarin, Camargo, Moreno, ... et Mazine, 2022. 

 Abstract  
A new species popularly known as pitanga-amarela, Eugenia paranapanemensis, from Seasonal Forest vegetation in the Atlantic Forest of São Paulo state is described. Our analysis, based on morphological data, shows that this species belongs to Eugenia sect. Eugenia. Among the species in the Eugenia sect. Eugenia clade, E. paranapanemensis can be recognized by its height of about 25 m, flowers with a smooth and pubescent hypanthium, brownish to ochraceous trichomes, and fruits that are yellow when ripe, with up to six seeds.

KEYWORDS: Atlantic forest, conservation, ecology, Myrteae, new species, Penelope, Ramphastos, seasonal forest, Tangara



  


 

Karinne S. Valdemarin, Paulo H. S. A. Camargo, Daniele Janina Moreno, Vinicius Castro Souza, Eve Lucas and Fiorella F. Mazine. 2022. Eugenia paranapanemensis (Myrtaceae), the Pitanga-amarela, and A Key to Eugenia sect. Eugenia Species from São Paulo State, Brazil. Systematic Botany 47(2); 498-505. DOI: 10.1600/036364422X16512564801669 (14 June 2022)