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 23. * Eugenia culminicola McVaugh, Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 437 (1963) EOO: 10,866.298 km ². AOO: 16 km ². Evaluation of IUCN: Near Threatened. Eugenia culminicola has a distribution known only in the Mexican states of Michoacán and Jalisco , occurring at the tops of the hills for being a very mountainous area, ranging between 1,495 and 1,946 m elev. The estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) based on records falls within the thresholds of Vulnerable category under the criterion B, whist the area of occupancy (AOO) falls within the thresholds of Endangered category. There are inferred only four known locations based on five records found in several biodiversity conservation areas, such as “Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Manantlán” and “CADNR 043”, both in Jalisco and “Parque Nacional Barranca del Cupatitzio”, in Michoacán (GrafMontero et al . 2015, DOF 1949 , CONANP 2006b ). The biome where E. culminicola occurs is the Humid Montane Forest in transition with the Humid Tropical Forest and Temperate Forest. The habitat of occurrence of this species is under low threat due to the geographical position in the Sierra Madre del Sur and several conservation and nature protection zones ( CONABIO 2018 ). In this way, Eugenia culminicola is classified as Near Threatened (NT) meeting the criteria B1a+B2a due to its restricted distribution and number of locations, but it mainly occurs in protected areas, and there is no information on continuing decline of habitat, population severely fragmented or any kind of extreme fluctuation. Specimens examined :— MEXICO . Jalisco : McVaugh 16222 ( MEXU !); Michoacán : Pacheco 367 ( MEXU !).