Myrtaceae from lowland Atlantic Forest areas in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil Author Amorim, Bruno S. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670 - 901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. brunosarim@yahoo.com.br Author Alves, Marccus Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670 - 901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil text Phytotaxa 2012 2011-01-05 40 33 54 journal article 6131 10.11646/phytotaxa.40.1.6 c6da4c65-81a6-4aa0-9175-97c370049d3e 1179-3163 4927233 8. Eugenia florida De Candolle (1828: 283) ; McVaugh (1958: 700–701) [ Fig. 2I ; Fig 5F ] Widely distributed in tropical America ( Govaerts et al. 2010 ) including all Brazilian regions ( Sobral et al. , 2010 ). Trees to 6 m tall, leaves 7.5–12.0 × 2.5–4.5 cm , midvein sulcate on adaxial lamina surface, inflorescence a raceme, bracts lanceolate, bracteoles rotund, hypanthium and style glabrous, fruits subglobose. Selected specimens: BRAZIL . Pernambuco : Camaragibe , Mata Brennand , 10.V.2010 , fr. B.S. Amorim 647 et al. (UFP); Igarassu, Usina São José, 21.XI.2009 , fl. E. Pessoa 108 et al. (UFP); Tamandaré, Engenho Mamucabas, 19.II.2000 , fr., M. Oliveira et al. 568 (UFP) .