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Two new species of Myrtaceae are described and illustrated. Campomanesia cucullata is a tree from Monte Alegre, Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon. It is most similar to C. lineatifolia, from which it differs by being leafless when flowering, and by having densely congested and very small flowers. Myrcianthes monteucalyptoides is a tree from Tarma, Junín, in Central Peru. It is most similar to Myrcianthes myrsinoides, but the new species differs by a combination of medium-sized, somewhat revolute, broadly-acuminate leaves, and by the solitary, pentamerous flowers with delicate pedicels.
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The authors thank Margaret Tebbs for the illustrations and Katherine Challis for the Latin diagnoses. We are indebted to James Trail (1851–1919), the 19th century British botanist, both for collecting the type of Campomanesia cucullata and for taking the time to dissect the flower and note the number of locules and ovules on the specimen. Had he not done so, we would probably have assigned this small-flowered species to Eugenia without further notice. We are also grateful to Andrew Salywon and Marcos Sobral for constructive comments at the review stage.
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Proença, C.E.B., Jennings, L.V.S. & Lucas, E.J. Two new species of Myrtaceae (Myrteae) from northern South America. Brittonia 63, 46–50 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-010-9125-5
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