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A new species of Eugenia, E. pyrifera Faria & Proença (Myrtaceae) is described and illustrated. A distribution map is provided and comments on the infrageneric position of the species are also made. This publication is part of an ongoing study of Eugenia L. for the Flora of Goiás and Tocantins. The species is close to E. megaflora Govaerts, but distinguishable by being a shrub or treelet, with opposite or verticillate leaves that are linear-elliptic, with more numerous secondary veins (13 – 17 pairs), shorter pedicels (7.2 – 17.7 mm) and pear-shaped fruit.
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The authors thank Fiorella Mazine Capelo and Marcos Sobral for their kindness in examining the material; herbarium curators for making material available and Claudenir S. Caires for the illustration and Maria Rosa V. Zanatta for help with the coloured plate. The first author thanks CNPq for a M.Sc. Grant.
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de Faria, J.E.Q., Proença, C.E.B. Eugenia pyrifera (Myrtaceae), a new species from the cerrado vegetation of Goiás, Brazil. Kew Bull 67, 245–249 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9344-x
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