TABLE 2 in Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from Reserva Natural Vale, Espírito Santo, a center of plant endemism in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

TABLE 2. Diagnostic features of Eugenia macrantha and related species (Berg 1857, Sobral et al. 2015b, Valdemarin et al. 2019b).
SpeciesYoungLeaf bladesBracteolesCalyx lobesFruittwigsLengthindumentumOil glandsConnationLengthPersistence(mm)(mm)EugeniaTomentose65–130GlabrousInconspicuousCompletely 1.5–2.5Persistent inPuberulentEllipsoidmacranthaor glabrousadaxially andadaxiallyconnate orthe fruitsorpuberulentand raisedat least intomentoseor glabrousabaxiallythe baseabaxiallyE. moritzianatomentose(75–)90–PuberulentInconspicuousConnate in1.5–3SometimespubescentOblong or225adaxially andon boththe basedeciduousellipsoidpubescentsurfacesafterabaxiallyanthesisE. ochraceatomentose80–160FloccoseInconspicuousfree4.5–9.5Deciduoustomentosegloboseto glabrousadaxiallybefore or atadaxiallyand raisedanthesisand floccoseabaxiallyabaxially