Myrciaria una

Myrciaria una is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. First described in 2019, it is a tree or treelet with blackish fruit, and was previously misidentified as Myrciaria ferruginea.[1]

Myrciaria una
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Myrciaria
Species:
M. una
Binomial name
Myrciaria una
Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas

Etymology

From una, the Tupi word for black, referring to the colour of the fruit.

Description

Myrciaria una is a tree that reaches between 4 and 7m tall. Its leaves are opposite, between 3.5 and 11.5cm long and between 1.3 and 5.1cm wide. The plant produces purplish to blackish fruit up to 20mm in diameter, with up to two seeds.[1]

Distribution

Myrciaria una is endemic to the subcanopy of the atlantic coastal forest in the states of Ceará, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Bahia in north-eastern Brazil.[1][2]

Conservation status

It has been proposed that Myrciaria una is endangered, due to farming, urban expansion, and the historical fragmentation of the atlantic coastal rainforest in north-eastern Brazil.[1]

References
  1. L. Costa Lima, James; Celestino de Oliveira Chagas, Earl (2019). "Two new Myrciaria (Myrtaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest". Phytotaxa. 399 (1): 37–43. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.399.1.4.
  2. "Myrciaria una Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
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