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Myrciaria caerulescens (Myrtaceae), a new fruiting species from the Espinhaço Range, Brazil, with historical notes on Myrciaria guaquiea

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This study proposes Myrciaria caerulescens as a new species from the Espinhaço Range, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. The new taxon is a fruiting species that has been cultivated among Brazilian horticulturists since 2018 and has been misidentified as M. guaquiea in herbaria over the last two decades. This study provides the morphological description of the new taxon along with taxonomic notes, a distribution map, a morphological plate and preliminary conservation status. We also confirm that M. guaquiea, also commonly cultivated and previously reported for the state of Bahia, actually occurs exclusively in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. A brief historical assessment regarding the cultivation of M. guaquiea in Brazil is presented.

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TF thanks CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) for the scholarship (Process n°. 141327/2020-0), and Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) for laboratory support. AS thanks CNPq for the financial support (300858/2022-1). MTCL thanks Calmito Costa for field assistance at Lagoa Real, state of Bahia. We also thank Fábio Longen and Jair Faria for valuable discussion; Vanessa Lino for kindly providing photographs and data of specimens deposited at the MBM herbarium; and Pablo V. Prieto for his help regarding the distribution map and preliminary conservation status.

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  1. Instituto de Pesquisas, Jardim do Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, 22460–030, RJ, Brazil

    João Marcelo Alvarenga Braga & Thiago Fernandes

  2. Coleção Botânica Sítio E-jardim, Estr. do Aviário s.n., Xerém, 25250–597, Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brazil

    Marco Túlio Côrtes de Lacerda

  3. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica, Av. Perimetral 1901, Terra Firme, 66077–830, Belém, PA, Brazil

    Aline Stadnik

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Braga, J.M.A., Fernandes, T., de Lacerda, M.T.C. et al. Myrciaria caerulescens (Myrtaceae), a new fruiting species from the Espinhaço Range, Brazil, with historical notes on Myrciaria guaquiea. Kew Bull 78, 299–308 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10106-y

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