Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus var. hoehnei (Burret) Landrum

  • Authority

    Landrum, Leslie R. 1986. Campomanesia, Pimenta, Blepharocalyx, Legrandia, Acca, Myrrhinium, and Luma (Myrtaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 45: 1-178. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Myrtaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus var. hoehnei (Burret) Landrum

  • Type

    Type. Brazil. São Paulo:  Estação Biológica do Alto da Serra, Hoehne s.n.  (Hort. Oswaldo Cruz n. 1130) (holotype, B, lost; isotype at SP hereby designated as lectotype; isolectotypes, MICH, MO).

  • Synonyms

    Pseudocaryophyllus hoehnei Burret, Pseudocaryophyllus emarginatus Burret, Pseudocaryophyllus theifer Toledo

  • Description

    Variety Description - Leaves obovate, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, or elliptic-oblanceolate, 2.5-5.6 cm long, 1.3-2.8 cm long, wide, 1.7-2.2 times as long as wide, glabrous or essentially so, the blades not bullate, the lateral veins ca. 12-22, up to ca. 0.2 mm wide; apex broadly rounded, obtuse, or emarginate; base acuminate to cuneate; petiole 2-7 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide. Inflorescence usually a dichasium of no more than three flowers.

  • Distribution

    Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus var. hoehnei is a small tree confined to the coastal forests of southeastern Brazil from Santa Catarina to São Paulo.

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