Taxonomic study of Myrtaceae in forest fragments in Amazonian Maranhão, Brazil Author Amorim, Gabriela Dos Santos Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235 - Cidade Universitária, 50670 - 901, Recife - PE, Brazil. Author Barbosa, Maria Regina De Vasconcellos Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Caixa Postal 5065, 58051 - 970, João Pessoa- PB, Brazil. Author Jr, Eduardo Bezerra De Almeida Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Cidade Universitária Dom Delgado, Av. dos Portugueses, 1966 - Vila Bacanga, 65080 - 805, São Luís - MA. Author Thomas, William Wayt 0000-0002-4996-536X Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, 10458 - 5126, NY, United States. wthomas @ nybg. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4996 - 536 X wthomas@nybg.org text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-10-11 568 1 27 60 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.1.3 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.1.3 87ddb879-1616-4e3b-8817-434b61fb0c60 1179-3163 7184245 17. Eugenia wullschlaegeliana Amshoff (1948: 20) . Type:— SURINAME . Paramaribo , H. R. Wullschlägel 193 ( holotype : BR [5288649] image; isotype: MICH [1109613] image). ( Fig 4 E-G.) Trees or shrubs 15.2 m . Twigs glabrous. Leaves with petioles 3–5 mm long, pubescent, unchanneled; blades elliptic to broadly so, or ovate, 6.2–11.1 × 3.1–4.7 cm , pubescent adaxially and densely pubescent abaxially, the indumentum whitish or brownish, membranaceous or chartaceous, discolorous; glands not seen; base cuneate or rounded; apex acute or attenuate; midvein adaxially impressed; lateral veins visible, not arched, 8 to 9 pairs; intra-marginal vein 1 mm or less from the margin, margin flat. Inflorescence axillary, a fascicle, the axis ca. 3 mm long, pubescent, the indumentum yellowish; bracts deltate, 0.5 × 0.5 mm , pubescent, caducous after anthesis; pedicels 2–4 mm long, pubescent; bracteoles deltate, 0.5 × 0.5 mm , pubescent, caducous after anthesis; flower buds globose, 5 × 3 mm , not constricted above ovary; calyx-lobes free, four, deltate, 1 × 1.3 mm , pubescent adaxially and glabrous abaxially, not reflexed, persistent in the fruit; ovary not seen. Immature fruit ellipsoid, 1.5–1.9 × 0.8 cm , glabrous, surface with glands marked, no mature fruits examined. Note:— Eugenia wullschlaegeliana may be recognized by its leaves, which are ovate, elliptic, or broadly elliptic; its inflorescence forming a pubescent fascicle, with yellowish indumentum; and its glabrous, ellipsoid fruit, with marked glands on the surface. Distribution and habitat:— Known from French Guiana , Suriname and northeastern and northwestern Brazil (Amazonas, Maranhão and Pará states) (POWO 2020, Flora do Brasil 2020 ). In Amazonian Maranhão , E . wullschlaegeliana was found growing in flooded forests and in open fields. Phenology:— Flowering in October and fruiting in September. Specimens examined:— BRAZIL . Maranhão : Maracassumé River Region , Igarapé do Urubuquara , 09 September 1932 (fr.), R.L. Fróes 1885 ( NY !); 22 October 1932 (fl.), R.L. Fróes 1967 ( NY !) . Additional specimens examined:— BRAZIL . Pará : Genipapo trail, Basin of Rio Xingu , Gleba Bacaja , lote 88, just below mouth of Rio Bacaja , 3°22’20” S , 50°47’50” W , 01 December 1980 (fl.), G.T. Prance P26566 ( NY !) .