Eugenia cupulata Amshoff (1942: 160)

Amorim, Gabriela Dos Santos, Barbosa, Maria Regina De Vasconcellos, Jr, Eduardo Bezerra De Almeida & Thomas, William Wayt, 2022, Taxonomic study of Myrtaceae in forest fragments in Amazonian Maranhão, Brazil, Phytotaxa 568 (1), pp. 27-60 : 35

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.1.3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7190060
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scientific name	Eugenia cupulata Amshoff (1942: 160)
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5. Eugenia cupulata Amshoff (1942: 160) View in CoL View at ENA .

Type:— SURINAME. Brokopondo, Brownsberg, C. J. Zaandam 6428 ( holotype: U [0005014]) .

Trees or shrubs 5.4– 10 m. Twigs glabrous. Leaves with petioles 8–22 mm long, glabrous, unchanneled; blades elliptic to broadly so, lanceolate, ovate or oblong, 12.9–22.4 × 5–10 cm, glabrous adaxially and glabrous or sparsely pubescent abaxially, the indumentum brownish-red, chartaceous, discolorous, sometimes lustrous adaxially, darker abaxially; glands not seen; base cuneate, rounded or obtuse; apex acute, cuneate, obtuse or cuspidate; midvein adaxially flat; lateral veins prominent abaxially, not arched, 12 to 15 pairs; intra-marginal vein 1–6 mm from the margin, margin flat. Inflorescence axillary, raceme simple, the axis 2.7–4.8 cm, pubescent, the indumentum brownish-red, bracts not seen, caducous before anthesis; pedicels 5–6 mm long, pubescent; bracteoles deltate, 1.5–2 × 1–2 mm, pubescent, persistent in the fruit; flower buds globose, 4–7 × 5 mm, not constricted above ovary; calyx-lobes free, four, orbicular, 1.5–2 × 1.8–3 mm, pubescent, not reflexed, persistent in the fruit; ovary 2-locular. Immature fruits globose, 0.5–0.8 × 0.6–0.9 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, surface smooth.

Note:— Eugenia cupulata may be recognized by its adaxially flat midvein; intra-marginal vein 1–6 mm from the margin; a simple raceme with brownish-red pubescence; globose flower buds; and free, pubescent calyx-lobes.

Distribution and habitat:— Known from Bolivia, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, central, northeastern and northwestern Brazil ( Acre, Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará and Rondônia states) (POWO 2020, Flora do Brasil 2020). In Amazonian Maranhão, E. cupulata was found growing in “terra firme” forest on rocky soil.

Phenology:— Flowering in February and March and fruiting in April and June.

Specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Maranhão: São Luís , 2°34’38” S, 44°12’04” W, February-March 1939 (fl.), R.L. Fróes 11789 ( NY!) GoogleMaps ; 1940 (fr.), R.L. Froes 11864 ( NY!) . Arredores de Estiva , 08 August 1980 (st.), M.G. Silva 5738 ( MG!) .

Additional specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Maranhão: Carolina , 7°19’58” S, 47°28’10” W, 12 March 2016 (fr.), A.C. Sevilha 5811 (CEN, image). Lorêto, “Ilha das Balsas” GoogleMaps , 140 m, 7°30’ S, 45°3’ W, 01 June 1962 (fr.), G. Eiten 4810 ( NY!). Pará: Santarém, Km 35 da estrada do Palhao, arredores do Acampamento do Igarapé Curupira , 04 September 1969 (fl.), M.B. Silva 2493 with R. Souza ( NY!) GoogleMaps .