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 1. Calyptranthes dardanoi Mattos (1990: 1) . [ Fig 2A, B ; Fig 5A ] Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009 ). Previously known only from the State of Pernambuco ( Govaerts et al. 2010 , Sobral et al 2010 ), now recorded in States of Paraíba , Alagoas and Sergipe . Trees or shrubs 3–5 m tall. This species differs by often having dichotomous branching, paniculate inflorescences, the calyx closed in bud and falling as a calyptra, globose fruit crowned by circular scars. Selected specimens: BRAZIL . Pernambuco : Igarassu , Refúgio Ecológico Charles Darwin , 18.III.1997 , fr., M. Moraes 06 et al. (UFP); Usina São José, 20.II.2009 , fl., B.S. Amorim 389a et al. (UFP); Recife, Parque Ecológico de Dois Irmãos , 21.XII.1954 , fl., G. Mariz s/n et al. (IPA 13787). Alagoas : Maceió, Parque Municipal de Maceió , 12.XI.2002 , fl., R.P. Lyra-Lemos et al. 7138 (MAC). Paraíba : João Pessoa, Mangabeira, 20.XI.1992 , fl., O.T. Moura et al. 922 (JPB). Sergipe : Santo Amaro das Brotas , 19.XII.2008 , fl., J.E. Nascimento et al. 493 (ASE) .