Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from Mexico: checklist, distribution, and conservation assessments Author Uc Gala, Victor C. 0000-0002-4627-0642 Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Planejamento e Uso de Recursos Renováveis, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - campus Sorocaba, Rod. João Leme dos Santos, km 110, 18052 - 780, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil & forestal @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4627 - 0642 forestal@hotmail.com Author Valdemarin, Karinne Sampaio 0000-0002-9564-1163 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, 13083 - 862, Campinas, SP, Brazil & kvaldemarin @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9564 - 1163 kvaldemarin@gmail.com Author Lucas, Eve 0000-0002-7603-435X Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AE, UK & e. lucas @ kew. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7603 - 435 X e.lucas@kew.org Author Negrão, Raquel 0000-0002-4758-8038 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AE, UK & r. negrao @ kew. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4758 - 8038 r.negrao@kew.org Author Mazine, Fiorella F. 0000-0002-2604-6088 Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Planejamento e Uso de Recursos Renováveis, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - campus Sorocaba, Rod. João Leme dos Santos, km 110, 18052 - 780, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil & fiorella @ ufscar. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2604 - 6088 fiorella@ufscar.br text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-02-02 583 2 99 140 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.1 journal article 53222 10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.1 b1668103-0605-4817-be2a-5535784c0285 1179-3163 7609258 63. Eugenia rubella Lundell, Wrightia 3: 18 (1961b) EOO: 56,533.444 km ². AOO: 48 km ². Evaluation of IUCN: Least Concern. Eugenia rubella is distributed only in the state of Chiapas , Mexico , and Guatemala ( Barrie 2020 , WCSP, 2020 ). The occurrence biome is the Humid Montane Forest, from 950 to 1,550 m elev. The estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) and potentially its area of occupancy (AOO) based on the habitat available, fairly exceed the thresholds for a threatened category under the criterion B. There are more than 10 known locations, considering based on the 16 collections from southern Mexico to Guatemala . In Mexico , only three collection records are known in three different localities in the state of Chiapas (municipalities of Ocozocuatla de Espinoza, Oxchuc and La Trinidad ). The conservation status of the tropical forests in that region is under protection by government agencies, and international cooperation has been important for the study and conservation of the tropical forests of the Maya Biosphere Reserve and the Mesoamerican biological corridor. Therefore, Eugenia rubella is rated as Least Concern (LC). Specimens examined :— MEXICO . Chiapas : Stevens & Martínez 25845 (MEXU!). Guatemala: Contreras 9025 (LL).