Comments on: More on Myrtles (Myrtaceae): The Splendid Myrtle http://ntsavanna.com/myrtaceae-the-splendid-myrtle/ Learning a savanna in Panama, plant by plant Mon, 21 May 2012 12:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mary http://ntsavanna.com/myrtaceae-the-splendid-myrtle/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 mary Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:23:20 +0000 http://ntsavanna.com/?p=150#comment-2159 Okay, Marco, I think I've found the source of confusion. According to Tropicos of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the tree in Brazil has the scientific name of <em>Myrciaria splendens</em> O. Berg and also has the synonym <em>Myrciaria floribunda</em>. I believe this is the fruit you described in your post. Here is the link to that Tropicos description: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/22101406 <em>Myrcia splendens</em> (Sw.) DC., by contrast, has 21 synonyms, but none of those synonyms includes the genus name <em>Myrciaria</em>. Here's the link to that description: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/22101779. In following up on your comment, I was interested to learn that we do have <em>Myrciaria splendens</em> here in Panama, as well as <em>Myrcia splendens</em>. From what I can tell from the images online, the fruits of the <em>Myrciaria</em> genus are more rounded than the fruits of the <em>Myrcia genus</em>. No doubt there are many more differences as well. If you'd like to see the images of <em>Myrciaria splendens</em> (or <em>Myrciaria floribunda</em>) here in Panama, here's the link: http://ctfs.si.edu/webatlas/findinfo.php?specid=5280&leng=english Thank you very much for commenting, Marco. I learned a great deal from this exercise. Okay, Marco, I think I’ve found the source of confusion. According to Tropicos of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the tree in Brazil has the scientific name of Myrciaria splendens O. Berg and also has the synonym Myrciaria floribunda. I believe this is the fruit you described in your post.

Here is the link to that Tropicos description: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/22101406

Myrcia splendens (Sw.) DC., by contrast, has 21 synonyms, but none of those synonyms includes the genus name Myrciaria.

Here’s the link to that description: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/22101779.

In following up on your comment, I was interested to learn that we do have Myrciaria splendens here in Panama, as well as Myrcia splendens. From what I can tell from the images online, the fruits of the Myrciaria genus are more rounded than the fruits of the Myrcia genus. No doubt there are many more differences as well. If you’d like to see the images of Myrciaria splendens (or Myrciaria floribunda) here in Panama, here’s the link:

http://ctfs.si.edu/webatlas/findinfo.php?specid=5280&leng=english

Thank you very much for commenting, Marco. I learned a great deal from this exercise.

]]> By: mary http://ntsavanna.com/myrtaceae-the-splendid-myrtle/comment-page-1/#comment-2157 mary Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:27:36 +0000 http://ntsavanna.com/?p=150#comment-2157 Thank you Marco. I'll try to find out what the discrepancy is. Incidentally, do you know anything about galls on the Brazilian <em>Myrcia splendens</em>? They've returned to "my" tree this year, but I haven't had time to study them. Mary Thank you Marco. I’ll try to find out what the discrepancy is.

Incidentally, do you know anything about galls on the Brazilian Myrcia splendens? They’ve returned to “my” tree this year, but I haven’t had time to study them.

Mary

]]> By: marco http://ntsavanna.com/myrtaceae-the-splendid-myrtle/comment-page-1/#comment-2154 marco Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:45:12 +0000 http://ntsavanna.com/?p=150#comment-2154 I've seen your pics of what Lucia Kawasaki identified as Myrcia splendens, and can say it is quite distinct from what Marcos Sobral identified as Myrcia splendens here in Brazil. Though the fruits are similar, here in Brazil they are hirsute, and the leaves are bigger. I’ve seen your pics of what Lucia Kawasaki identified as Myrcia splendens, and can say it is quite distinct from what Marcos Sobral identified as Myrcia splendens here in Brazil.

Though the fruits are similar, here in Brazil they are hirsute, and the leaves are bigger.

]]> By: Guavas | A Neotropical Savanna http://ntsavanna.com/myrtaceae-the-splendid-myrtle/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Guavas | A Neotropical Savanna Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:53:39 +0000 http://ntsavanna.com/?p=150#comment-389 [...] certainly fit. The vegetative characteristics, you may remember from other posts (on Eugenia and on Myrcia), are quite [...] [...] certainly fit. The vegetative characteristics, you may remember from other posts (on Eugenia and on Myrcia), are quite [...]

]]> By: A Note about Images | A Neotropical Savanna http://ntsavanna.com/myrtaceae-the-splendid-myrtle/comment-page-1/#comment-379 A Note about Images | A Neotropical Savanna Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:46:46 +0000 http://ntsavanna.com/?p=150#comment-379 [...] a sample image for you to try. I found this caterpillar crawling around the trunk of the Myrcia splendens and was lucky to catch any image at all, it was moving so quickly! Click on the image to see the [...] [...] a sample image for you to try. I found this caterpillar crawling around the trunk of the Myrcia splendens and was lucky to catch any image at all, it was moving so quickly! Click on the image to see the [...]

]]> By: Endozoochory | A Neotropical Savanna http://ntsavanna.com/myrtaceae-the-splendid-myrtle/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Endozoochory | A Neotropical Savanna Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:15:27 +0000 http://ntsavanna.com/?p=150#comment-377 [...] I was reading up on the myrtles and especially on Myrcia splendens, I found that the seeds were said to be dispersed by endozoochory. I did not mention this in the [...] [...] I was reading up on the myrtles and especially on Myrcia splendens, I found that the seeds were said to be dispersed by endozoochory. I did not mention this in the [...]

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