Eugenia dichroma Berg 1859

6. Eugenia dichroma Berg (1859: 290) [Fig. 2G; Fig 5D] Endemic to the Atlantic Forest (Sobral et al. 2009) and found in the Northeastern and Southeastern regions of Brazil (Govaerts et al. 2010; Proença & Sobral 2006). In the Northeast, it is found in the States of Bahia and Pernambuco (Sobral et al. 2010, Amorim & Alves 2011a). Trees and shrubs 2–5 m tall, leaves 10–12 × 3–5 cm, midvein sulcate on adaxial lamina surface, raceme with main axis reduced, bracts lanceolate, bracteoles elliptical, hypanthium pilose, fruit ellipsoid with seeds maculate. Selected specimens: BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Fazenda Santa Leopoldina, 07.II.1965, fr., A. Lima 65-4312 et al. (IPA); Igarassu, Usina São José, 24.III.2011, fl., B.S. Amorim 831 et al. (UFP); 17.XII.2009, fr., J.A.N. Souza 591 et al. (UFP); Recife, Parque Ecológico de Dois Irmãos, 02.II.1954, fr., A. Ducke s/n et al. (IPA 14860). Espírito Santo: Conceição da Barra, 14.X.1992, fl., O.J. Pereira et al. 3891 (RB).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