Taxonomic study of Myrtaceae in forest fragments in Amazonian Maranhão, Brazil Author Amorim, Gabriela Dos Santos Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235 - Cidade Universitária, 50670 - 901, Recife - PE, Brazil. Author Barbosa, Maria Regina De Vasconcellos Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Caixa Postal 5065, 58051 - 970, João Pessoa- PB, Brazil. Author Jr, Eduardo Bezerra De Almeida Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Cidade Universitária Dom Delgado, Av. dos Portugueses, 1966 - Vila Bacanga, 65080 - 805, São Luís - MA. Author Thomas, William Wayt 0000-0002-4996-536X Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, 10458 - 5126, NY, United States. wthomas @ nybg. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4996 - 536 X wthomas@nybg.org text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-10-11 568 1 27 60 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.1.3 journal article 163382 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.1.3 87ddb879-1616-4e3b-8817-434b61fb0c60 1179-3163 7184245 29. Myrcia pullei (Burret ex Amshoff) A. R. Lourenço & E. Lucas (in Lourenço et al. 2018: 81 ). Basionym:— Calyptranthes pullei Burret ex Amshoff (1950: 4) . Type:— SURINAME . “ Raleigh Falls , in saxis Raleighvallen fluv. Coppenam ”, A.A. Pulle 341 ( holotype : U [0004963]) . Trees ca. 5 m . Twigs glabrous, sometimes the branches terminal and the axis of inflorescence are reddish. Leaves with petioles 2–4 mm long, glabrous, unchanneled, dark; blades broadly elliptic or ovate 2–3.8 × 1.8–3.3 cm , glabrous, chartaceous, slightly discolorous; glands not seen; base obtuse, rounded or subcordate; apex rounded or obtuse, rarely acute; midvein adaxially impressed; lateral veins slightly visible, not arched, ca. 15 pairs; intra-marginal vein 1 mm or less from the margin, margin flat. Inflorescence terminal or subterminal, pyramidal panicle, flowers congested, the axis 3–6.7 cm long, glabrous, with two lateral branches, opposite, 1.9–2.1 cm long; bracts not seen, caducous before anthesis; pedicels 0.2–0.7 mm long or sessile, glabrous; bracteoles not seen, caducous before anthesis; flower buds not seen; calyx-lobes completely fused, opening by calyptra, not reflexed, caducous in fruit; ovary not seen. Immature fruit globose, 0.3 × 0.5 cm , glabrous, surface smooth. Note:— Myrcia pullei may be recognized by its terminal branches and reddish axis of the inflorescence; the chartaceous, broadly elliptic or ovate leaves; the midvein of the leaf, which is adaxially slightly sulcate at the base and impressed distally; and the completely fused calyx-lobes, opening by calyptra. Distribution and habitat:— Known from Colombia , Guyana , Peru , Suriname , Venezuela and from northeastern Brazil (Amazonas, Amapá , Maranhão and Pará states) (POWO 2020, Flora do Brasil 2020 ). In Amazonian Maranhão , M . pullei was found growing along a river. Phenology:— Fruiting in April and February. Specimens examined:— BRAZIL . Maranhão : Turiaçú , Rio Maraçumé , Cachoeira Grande , 04 April 1981 (fr.), M.R. Santos 697 ( IAN !) . Additional specimens examined:— BRAZIL . Amapá : Rio Oiapoque. Cachoeira Grande Roche , 11 August 1960 (fl.), H.S. Irwin 47412 ( NY !) .