Eugenia candolleana De Candolle 1828

5. Eugenia candolleana De Candolle (1828: 281) [Fig. 2F; Fig 5C] Govaerts et al. (2010) and Sobral et al. (2010) indicate this species as endemic to Brazil and widely distributed. Trees and shrubs 2–4 m tall, leaves 4–8 × 2.0– 3.5 cm, midvein sulcate on adaxial lamina surface, racemose inflorescence, bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, hypanthium and style base pilose and fruits subglobose. Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Igarassu, Usina São José, 14.III.2009, fl., fr., B.S. Amorim 444 et al. (UFP); São Lourenço da Mata, Estação Ecológica de Tapacurá, 23.III.2004, fl., M.S. Sobrinho 555 et al. (UFP).Published as part of Amorim, Bruno S. & Alves, Marccus, 2012, Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, pp. 33-54 in Phytotaxa 40 on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.40.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/492723