Amorim, Bruno S.; Souza, Maria Anália Duarte De; Albuquerque, Patrícia Melchionna; Negrão, Raquel; Giaretta, Augusto
Eugenia quilombola B. S. Amorim, M. A. D. Souza & Giaretta 2022, sp. nov.
A tribute to resistance: Eugenia quilombola (Myrtaceae), a new species with multilocular anthers from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil
B. S. Amorim, M. A. D. Souza & Giaretta, 2022
FIGURE 1. Eugenia quilombola. Isotype: B.S. Amorim et al. 1295. Image courtesy of the C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden (http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/)
FIGURE 2. Eugenia quilombola. A. Detail of the bark. B. Leaf. C. Inflorescence with flower buds and an arrow showing the seam between the external (S1) and internal (S2) calyx lobes. D. Detail of flowers. E. Young fruits and an arrowhead showing a scar left by the fusion of the external calyx lobes along its boundary on the dorsal face of the internal calyx lobe. F. Mature fruit and remnant of the calyx lobes with an arrowhead indicating the scar (see the lighter apex) left by the fusion of the external calyx lobes along its boundary on the dorsal face of the internal calyx lobe (A, B, F from the B.S. Amorim et al.424; C–D from the holotype; E from B.S. Amorim et al. 1398).
FIGURE 3. A–B. Details of Eugenia quilombola multilocular anthers. C. Electromicroscopy of multilocular anther in Eugenia sp. (A–B from the holotype: B.S. Amorim et al. 1295; C from Giaretta et al. in review.). Scale bars: A–B) 3 mm; C) 0.05 mm.
FIGURE 4. Distribution map of Eugenia quilombola (red dots) in northern Atlantic Forest.