Eugenia curuba Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas

, Phytotaxa 373(3): 214 (2018).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77191528-1
Publication
Phytotaxa
Collation
373(3): 214
Date of Publication
29 Oct 2018
Family as entered in IPNI
Myrtaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
M.C.S.Mota & E.C.O.Chagas 11756
Locality
Mun. Murici, Estação Ecológica de Murici, Fazenda Bananeiras
Collection Date
14 Sep 2012
Type Herbaria
holotype MAC
Distribution Of Types
Alagoas (Brazil Northeast, Brazil, Southern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.373.3.4 The specific epithet comes from the Old Tupi word 'curuba', which means acorn or grain, due to the large size and shape of the fruits.