Biology:Myrciaria una
| Myrciaria una | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Myrciaria |
| Species: | M. una
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrciaria una Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas
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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]
Etymology
From una, the Tupi word for black, referring to the colour of the fruit.
Description
Myrciaria una is a tree that reaches between Template:Convert abbreviated tall. Its leaves are opposite, between Template:Convert abbreviated long and between Template:Convert abbreviated wide. The plant produces purplish to blackish fruit up to Template:Convert abbreviated 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. Bibcode: 2019Phytx.399...37D. http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF97FFC4657DEA2DFF91FFF89403FFE6.
- ↑ "Myrciaria una Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77196019-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q89029376 entry
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