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 12. Eugenia umbelliflora Berg (1859: 290) ; Legrand & Klein (1969a: 176–179) [ Fig. 2M ; Fig 5J ] Endemic to the Atlantic Forest ( Sobral et al. 2009 ) from the northeast to southern regions of Brazil ( Proença & Sobral 2006 , Govaerts et al. 2010 ). Trees to 6 m tall, leaves 5.0–9.5 × 3.0– 4.5 cm , midvein flat or raised on adaxial lamina surface, raceme with the main axis reduced, bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, hypanthium glabrous, fruit subglobose. Selected specimens: BRAZIL . Pernambuco : Goiana , Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Fazenda Tabatinga , 29.XI.2011 , fr., D. Cavalcanti 624 et al. (UFP); Igarassu, Usina São José, 08/IV/2008 , fl., T.N.F. Guerra 120 et al. (UFP); 12.III.2009 , fr., B.S. Amorim 426 et al. (UFP); Recife, Jardim Botânico, 28.V.1970 , fl., J.L. Hamburgo-Alves 32 et al. (UFP) .