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 70. * Eugenia symphoricarpos McVaugh, Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 458 (1963) EOO: 49,552.051 km ². AOO: 28 km ². Evaluation of IUCN: Near Threatened (NT). Eugenia symphoricarpos occurs only in the coastal region of the Gulf of Mexico , in the states of Veracruz and Tamaulipas , from 460 to 1,350 m elev. The estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) exceeds the thresholds for a threatened category under the criterion B, whilst the area of occupancy (AOO) probably exceeds the thresholds of the Endangered category. There are up to six known locations based on eight records, with Veracruz having the highest number of records (6) and Tamaulipas has only two collection records. The biomes of occurrence of the species are the Humid Montane Forest and the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest. The habitat of Eugenia symphoricarpos is in a good state of conservation, with some of the collections for the state of Veracruz made within the “Parque Nacional Cañón Rio Blanco”, and for the state of Tamaulipas with collections within the protected area “Reserve de la Biosfera El Cielo”, or around influence area of “Sierra de Tamaulipas “ ( CONABIO 2018 , DOF 1938 , Gobierno de Tamaulipas & TNC 2011). Considering that this species presents a low habitat specificity, and the low number of locations could be related to lack of field surveys, but it seems to be very dependent of protected areas, Eugenia symphoricarpos is pre-classified here as Near Threatened (NT). The assessment as a threatened species based on AOO will be pending of further field surveys to confirm its current distribution, population size, local threats, and habitat trend. Specimens examined :— MEXICO . Tamaulipas : Medrano & Valiente 122255 ( MEXU !); Veracruz : Ventura 14546 ( MEXU !).