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 9. Eugenia biflora (Linnaeus) De Candolle, Prodr. 3: 276 (1828) Basionym: Myrtus biflora Linnaeus (1759: 1056) . EOO: 109,067.755 km ². AOO: 20 km ². Evaluation of IUCN: Least Concern. Eugenia biflora is a tree or shrub species that is distributed across Southeast Mexico to Bolivia and the central west of Brazil , as well as the Antilles ( Mazine & Souza 2015 , WCSP 2020 ). It is found in a Humid Tropical Forest, a domain that has no habitat loss or any invasion of exotic species, occurring in conservation areas such as the “Reserva de la Biofera la Sepultura”, “Reserva de la Biosfera Montes Azules”, both in the state of Chiapas (INE-SEMARNAP 1999c, INE-SEMARNAP 2000a). Eugenia biflora was recently assessed by BGCI & IUCN (2019c) and is currently in the Least Concern (LC) category. Specimens examined :— MEXICO . Chiapas : Sinaca & Vidal 25 (MEXU!); Quintana Roo : Téllez y Cabrera 1693 (MEXU!); Yucatán : Pérez L. 294 (MEXU!). Belize: Gentle 7035 (LL); Brazil: Harley et al. 10965 (UB!); Colombia: Callejas et al. 5282 (MO!); Costa Rica: Jiménez 496 ( US !); El Salvador: Sandoval & Chinchilla 165 (MO); Honduras: Saunders 419 (MO!); Nicaragua: Rueda et al. 19107 (MO); Panama: Carrasquilla et al. 284 (F).