A new species of Eugenia subgen. Pseudeugenia (Myrtaceae) from the Atlantic Forest in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro Author Campelo, Marcos Vinicius Author Fernandes, Thiago Author Guimarães, Gabriel Silva Author Maruyama, Adriano Da Silva De Cicco Author Faria, Jair Eustáquio Quintino Author Souza, Marcelo Da Costa Author Braga, João Marcelo Alvarenga text Phytotaxa 2025 2025-10-14 722 2 172 180 https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.2.6 journal article 314468 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.2.6 9c10a4f6-aa7d-41af-a088-51c124840957 1179-3163 18425611
TABLE 1. Morphological comparison of Eugenia pachymarginata with other Eugenia sect. Pseudoeugenia species.
CharacteristicsEugenia pachymarginataE. altissimaE. bragaeE. culicinaE. malacanthaE. rugosissimaE. serraegrandisE. klotzschiana
Leaf shapeellipticelliptc, oblong to obovateelliptic or ovalelliptic or ovate-ellipticelliptic, oblong to oblanceolateelliptic, or lanceolate, sometimes oblonglanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or obovate-lanceolateelliptic or oblong
Leaf apexAcute, rounded or retuseacute to widely acuteacuminate or caudateacuminateacuminate to caudateacute or obtuse, sometimes acuminateacute or slightly acuminaterounded, mucronate or acuminate
Texturechartaceouscoriaceouschartaceouschartaceouschartaceouscoriaceouschartaceouscoriaceous
Cartilaginous marginpresentunknownabsentabsentabsentabsentabsentpresent
Marginal veins2222 or 321 or 22 or 31 or 2
Petioles length (mm long)ca. 2012–251.8–5.82–51.2–7.67–1111–124.2–7
Type of inflorescencefascicleraceme (auxotelic)raceme (auxotelic)umbelliformumbelliformraceme (auxotelic)fascicle or solitaryraceme to umbelliform raceme, rarely auxotelic raceme
Flower bud size (mm long)7–1112.8–17.29.3–119–125.6–12.46–7unknown10–16
Fruit shapeglobosegloboseglobose or ellipsoidgloboseoblate or ellipsoidglobose or ellipsoidunknownpyriform
Number of seeds111–312–41unknown1–3