
Matheus Fortes Santos, Eve Lucas, Marcos Sobral, Paulo Takeo Sano,
... describes four new species of the exclusively Neotropical Myrcia s.l., which includes the genera Calyptranthes, Marlierea and Myrcia. The new species are named Myrcia cataphyllata (related to Myrcia bicolor), Myrcia elevata (related to Marlierea velutina), Myrcia megaphylla (very distinct from other species of Myrcia) and Myrcia sessilissima (related to Myrcia tomentosa). They are endemic to their respective biomes: ...
Tópico(s): Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
2015 - Q15088586 | Phytotaxa

Eve Lucas, Christine Wilson, Duane F. Lima, Marcos Sobral, Kazue Matsumoto,
... annotated conspectus of 124 species is presented for Myrcia DC. sect. Aulomyrcia (O. Berg) Griseb. This list ... species of Calyptranthes Sw. and Marlierea Cambess. to Myrcia, 28 new combinations are made: Myrcia areolata (McVaugh) E. Lucas & C. E. Wilson [≡ Marlierea areolata McVaugh], Myrcia biptera (Amshoff) E. Lucas & C. E. Wilson [≡ Marlierea biptera Amshoff], Myrcia caesariata (McVaugh) E. Lucas & C. E. Wilson [≡ Marlierea caesariata McVaugh], Myrcia cana (McVaugh) E. Lucas & C. E. Wilson [≡ Marlierea cana McVaugh], Myrcia caudata (McVaugh) E. Lucas & C. E. Wilson [≡ Marlierea ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2016 - Missouri Botanical Garden | Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Bruno S. Amorim, Thaís Vasconcelos, Gustavo A. de Souza, Marccus Alves, Alexandre Antonelli, Eve Lucas,
Myrcia is the largest exclusively Neotropical genus of the plant family Myrtaceae with c. 770 species. Although ... representation. Here we present a phylogenetic hypothesis of Myrcia and close relatives comprising 253 species and based ... data with 234 new sequences of the genus Myrcia for this study. We use this phylogeny to ... where the Myrceugenia group is sister to the Myrcia and Plinia groups. Five Myrcia species previously considered unplaced emerge in a newly circumscribed clade. The monophyly of two Myrcia sections previously considered uncertain, Aulomyrcia and Gomidesia, are ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2019 - Elsevier BV | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Duane F. Lima, Renato Goldenberg, Félix Forest, Robyn S. Cowan, Eve Lucas,
Myrcia is one of the largest exclusively Neotropical angiosperm genera, including ca. 800 species divided into nine sections. Myrcia sect. Aguava is one of most complex sections of Myrcia due to high morphological variation and wide distribution ... next-generation sequencing of 45 terminals, mostly from Myrcia sect. Aguava. These data were combined with five ... divergence times and ancestral range distributions were estimated. Myrcia sect. Aguava is monophyletic and exclusively comprises species ... but has no relationship with other groups within Myrcia that possess trilocular ovaries. Three main lineages that ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2020 - Elsevier BV | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Marcos Sobral, Jair Eustáquio Quintino Faria, MARLA U. IBRAHIM, Eve Lucas, Dary Moreira Gonçalves Rigueira, Aline Stadnik, DANIEL VILLAROEL,
... E. caloneura, E. indistincta, E. mucugensis, E. rara, Myrcia alatiramea, M. hypophaea, M. petrophila, M. pseudovenulosa, M. ... known only from the state of Bahia, except Myrcia hypophaea, which extents northward until the state of ... flowers with calyx that tears irregularly at anthesis; Myrcia alatiramea is apparently related to M. anceps, being ... blades, pauciflorous inflorescences and flowers with calyx tube; Myrcia hypophaea is related to M. decorticans, but has subsessile leaves, abaxially darker blades and larger inflorescences; Myrcia petrophila is related to M. reticulosa, differing in ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2015 - Q15088586 | Phytotaxa

Matheus Fortes Santos, Eve Lucas, Paulo Takeo Sano, Sven Buerki, Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier, Félix Forest,
... studies on Neotropical Myrtaceae are still very limited. Myrcia s.l. is an informal group comprising three accepted genera (Calyptranthes, Marlierea and Myrcia) making up the second largest Neotropical group of ... identify the time and place of divergence of Myrcia s.l. lineages, to examine the correlation in ... between areas based on distance and floristic affinities. Myrcia s.l. originated in the Montane Atlantic Forest ... as ancestral area for an older subgroup of Myrcia s.l. The Amazon Forest has relatively low ...
Tópico(s): Fern and Epiphyte Biology
2017 - Elsevier BV | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Márcia Moraes Cascaes, Giselle Maria Skelding Pinheiro Guilhon, Eloísa Helena de Aguiar Andrade, Maria das Graças B. Zoghbi, Lourivaldo da Silva Santos,
Myrcia is one of the largest genera of the economically important family Myrtaceae. Some of the species ... oils, and most of the chemical studies on Myrcia describe the chemical composition of the essential oils, ... are predominant. The non-volatile compounds isolated from Myrcia are usually flavonoids, tannins, acetophenone derivatives and triterpenes. ... antinociceptive, antioxidant, antimicrobial activities have been described to Myrcia essential oils, while hypoglycemic, anti-hemorrhagic and antioxidant ...
Tópico(s): Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
2015 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Matheus Fortes Santos, Paulo Takeo Sano, Félix Forest, Eve Lucas,
Abstract Myrcia s.l. comprises ca. 780 species distributed in nine numbered, informal monophyletic groups. The aims of this ... 7", plus 80 samples of other clades of Myrcia s.l. and outgroup taxa. Bayesian and maximum ... evolution of selected characters on the Bayesian topology. Myrcia sect. Sympodiomyrcia ("clade 7") is formally described and ... Calyptranthes appears to be the sister group of Myrcia sect. Sympodiomyrcia and sympodial branching (in vegetative and ... Results increase systematic understanding in the large genus Myrcia s.l. but highlight the need for further ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2016 - Wiley | Taxon

Catarina dos Santos, Renan Galaverna, Célio Fernando Figueiredo Angolini, Vânia Vasti Alfieri Nunes, Luiz Fernando Rolim de Almeida, Ana Lúcia Tasca Góis Ruiz, João Ernesto de Carvalho, Regina M T Duarte, Marta Cristina Teixeira Duarte, Marcos N. Eberlin,
Myrcia bella Cambess., Myrcia fallax (Rich.) DC. and Myrcia guianensis (Aubl.) DC. (Myrtaceae) are trees found in Brazilian Cerrado. They have been widely ... we have profiled the main phenolic constituents of Myrcia spp. leaves extracts by ESI(−)Q-TOF-MS. ... and myricetin derivatives were also found in all Myrcia spp. extracts. The most promising antioxidant activity, measured ...
Tópico(s): Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
2018 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Molecules

Elesandra da Silva Araújo, Mário Sérgio Lorenço, Uasmim Lira Zidanes, Thaís Brito Sousa, Graciene da Silva Mota, Verena de Nazaré de Oliveira Reis, Marcela Gomes da Silva, Fábio Akira Mori,
The bark of the Myrcia eximia DC., tree which occurs in the Brazilian Amazon, was studied. The aim was to determine the yield of condensed ... FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Adhesives based on Myrcia eximia tannins were produced and evaluated for their ... wet and dry glue line. The extracts of Myrcia eximia bark presented 25.2% of condensed tannins ... extraction conditions, the Stiasny index values indicated that Myrcia eximia tannins can be used in wood adhesive ... of ruptures in the wood. We conclude that Myrcia eximia bark is a source of high levels ...
Tópico(s): Wood Treatment and Properties
2020 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Cleaner Production

Eve Lucas, Kazue Matsumoto, Stephen A. Harris, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Benedetta Benardini, Mark W. Chase,
Phylogenetic relationships of Myrcia s.l., the most species-rich tree genus in the Brazilian cerrado and Atlantic forests, are reconstructed by analysis, ... within but not between the main clades of Myrcia s.l. The previously recognized genera Calyptranthes and ... not to be; all are nested within paraphyletic Myrcia. A new subgeneric classification is required. An interpretation of the origins of Myrcia s.l. and potential causes of speciation in ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2011 - University of Chicago Press | International Journal of Plant Sciences

Marcos Sobral, CARLOS R. GRIPPA, Marcelo da Costa Souza, Osny Tadeu de Aguiar, Ricardo Bertoncello, THAIS B. GUIMARÃES,
... Eugenia culta, E. rotula, E. serraegrandis, E. unana, Myrcia clavata, M. lascada, M. teimosa, M. truncata, Myrcianthes ... venose and the flowers present larger calyx lobes; Myrcia clavata is close to M. riodocensis, but has ... caudate leaves. Calyptranthes boanova, Eugenia serraegrandis, E. unana, Myrcia lascada, M. teimosa and M. truncata were collected ... collected in rocky fields from the Bahian hinterland; Myrcia clavata and Myrciaria alagoana are from the Atlantic ... the name Eugenia astringens and the new name Myrcia neopauciflora, based on Aulomyrcia pauciflora.
Tópico(s): Banana Cultivation and Research
2012 - Q15088586 | Phytotaxa

F.K.S. Silva, Alessandro Silva do Rosário, Ricardo de S. Secco, M.G.B. Zoghbi,
... as “pedra-ume-caa”: Eugenia punicifolia (Kunth) DC., Myrcia amazonica DC., M. citrifolia (Aubl.) Urb., M. guianensis ( ... under this common name: Eugenia biflora (L.) DC., Myrcia multiflora (Lam.) DC . and Myrcia sylvatica (G.Mey.) DC. In this paper, E. ... distributions, habitats and phenology Key words: Eugenia biflora ; Myrcia multiflora ; Myrcia sylvatica ; taxonomy; Amazon.
Tópico(s): African Botany and Ecology Studies
2015 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO AMAPÁ | Biota Amazônia
María Figueiredo-González, Clara Grosso, Patrı́cia Valentão, Paula B. Andrade,
... is the common name of five species of Myrcia genus used as traditional medicine for the treatment ... diabetes mellitus. In this study, different extracts from Myrcia salicifolia, Myrcia sphaerocarpa, and Myrcia speciosa were investigated for the first time, to ...
Tópico(s): Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
2015 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho, Félix Forest, Eve Lucas,
... Results Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inferences indicate that Myrcia and Marlierea are polyphyletic, and the internal groupings ... phylogenetic framework to address important ecological questions for Myrcia s.l. within an evolutionary context, and supports ... need to unite taxonomically the two traditional genera Myrcia and Marlierea in an expanded Myrcia s.l. Furthermore, this study offers valuable insights ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2015 - Oxford University Press | Annals of Botany
Tengyu Liu, Qianyun Liu, Zijun Li, Lei Huo, ManNin Chan, Xue Li, Zhen Zhou, Chak K. Chan,
... and stir-frying spices (i.e. garlic, ginger, myrcia and zanthoxylum piperitum (Sichuan pepper)) were characterized using ... DADS) (m/z 146), while stir-frying ginger, myrcia and zanthoxylum piperitum produced abundant monoterpenes (m/z ... those from heating corn oil while stir-frying myrcia and zanthoxylum piperitum generated double the amount of ... The rates of SOA production from stir-frying myrcia and zanthoxylum piperitum were 1.8μgmin-1gspice-1 ... rates of total terpene emission from stir-frying myrcia and zanthoxylum piperitum were estimated to be 5. ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
2017 - Elsevier BV | The Science of The Total Environment

Anna Lydia Shuster, Fernanda Emília Rocha, Sheila Wayszceyk, Daniela Delwing de Lima, Sara Cristiane Baraúna, Bruna Gonçalves Lopes, Michele Debiasi Alberton, Débora Delwing Dal Magro,
... treated with the crude hydroalcoholic extract (CHE) of Myrcia pubipetala Miq (50, 100 or 150 mg/Kg), ... reduced glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) (C) activity, while Myrcia pubipetala Miq. CHE (100 and 150 mg/Kg) ... the OFT. Findings indicate that the CHE of Myrcia pubipetala Miq. exerts antioxidant effects in the cerebral ... mediated by the presence of these compounds in Myrcia extract.
Tópico(s): Biochemical effects in animals
2021 - Elsevier BV | Brain Research

Marcos Sobral, Claudia Pigatti Caliari, Eliana Gressler, Fiorella Fernanda Mazine, Mara Angelina Galvão Magenta, Pedro Lage Viana,
... related species and commented in their conservation issues Myrcia delicata, M. exapata, M. guarujana, M. parca, M. pseudosplendens, M. ubatubana and M. venosissima. Myrcia delicata, from the states of São Paulo and ... M. neocambessedeana, differing through its triflorous, slender inflorescences; Myrcia exapata, from Rio de Janeiro, is related to ... its obovate blades, longer peduncles and dichasial branches; Myrcia guarujana, from São Paulo, is related to M. ... differs in its pilose flowers and trilocular ovaries; Myrcia parca, from the state of Espírito Santo, is ...
Tópico(s): Banana Cultivation and Research
2016 - Q15088586 | Phytotaxa

uzia I. F. JORGE, Jaime Paiva Lopes Aguiar, Maria de Lourdes P. SILVA,
As folhas de Myrcia multiflora (Lam.) DC, Myrcia guianensis (Aubl.) Urb. e Eugenia punicifolia (H. B. K.) DC. são anatômica c morfologicamentc descritas. As espécies revelaram diversos elementos histológicos universais para ...
Tópico(s): Banana Cultivation and Research
2000 - INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA | Acta Amazonica

Priscilla Maria Ponce Vareda, Luiz Leonardo Saldanha, Nathália Aparecida de Paula Camaforte, Natália Moretti Violato, Anne Lígia Dokkedal, José Roberto Bosqueiro,
Species of Myrcia are used by indigenous people and in traditional communities in Brazil for the treatment of Diabetes mellitus. We ... hypoglycemic effect of the extract of leaves of Myrcia bella in diabetic mice. The chemical fingerprinting of ... indicate that the extract of the leaves of Myrcia bella has hypoglycemic properties and possibly acts to ...
Tópico(s): Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
2014 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Leandro Kenji Takao, Maristela Imatomi, Sônia Cristina Juliano Gualtieri,
... Eugenia bimarginata, Eugenia dysenterica, Eugenia klotzschiana, Hexachlamys edulis, Myrcia bella, Myrcia lingua, Myrcia splendens, Myrcia tomentosa, Psidium australe, Psidium cinereum, and Psidium laruotteanum). ...
Tópico(s): Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
2015 - Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (Brazil) | Brazilian Journal of Biology

Claudia Pigatti Caliari, Vinícius Castro Souza, Fiorella Fernanda Mazine,
Two new species of Myrcia from the Atlantic rainforest in southeastern Brazil, Myrcia congestiflora and Myrcia longipaniculata are here described and illustrated. Myrcia congestiflora occurs in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states and is similar to Myrcia cerqueiria, differing by having densely sericeous indumentum (versus ... acute or obtuse calyx lobes rather than rounded. Myrcia longipaniculata is known for one collection from the ... São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro differing from Myrcia spectabilis mainly by the longer inflorescence size (29 ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2016 - Q15088586 | Phytotaxa

Aline Silva, Horácio Freitas Bomfim, Acsa Oliveira Magalhães, M. L. Rocha, María Angélica,
ESSENTIAL OIL FROM Myrcia rostrata DC. (MYRTACEAE) IN ANIMAL MODELS.There are approximately 300 Myrcia DC. species in Brazil.The antimicrobial, antiinflammatory and ... the antinociceptive activity of essential oil from fresh Myrcia rostrata DC. leaves.The oil was obtained by ...
Tópico(s): Bee Products Chemical Analysis
2018 - Brazilian Chemical Society | Química Nova

Matheus Fortes Santos, Eve Lucas, Paulo Takeo Sano,
Myrcia contains nearly 800 species and is divided into nine sections, one of them, Myrcia sect. Sympodiomyrcia, has recently been recognized and formally ... group and revises its literature and taxonomic history. Myrcia sect. Sympodiomyrcia is mainly characterized by the presence ... of inflorescences and free and deciduous calyx lobes. Myrcia sect. Sympodiomyrcia is distributed between the Guiana Shield ... distribution statements, morphological differences with other sections of Myrcia and an identification key. A full taxonomic treatment ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2018 - Q15088586 | Phytotaxa

Oberdan Oliveira Ferreira, Jorddy Neves Cruz, Celeste de Jesus Pereira Franco, Sebastião Gomes Silva, Wanessa Almeida da Costa, Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira, Eloísa Helena de Aguiar Andrade,
... some species belonging to this family, such as Myrcia eximia DC. In this study, the chemical compositions of the EOs of Myrcia eximia were evaluated by using gas chromatography (GC) ... about the mass yield and chemical composition of Myrcia eximia DC, and they can add value and ...
Tópico(s): Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions
2020 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Molecules

Jefferson Nunes Radaeski, Soraia Girardi Bauermann,
... from Apis mellifera (pollen types of Eucalyptus sp. Myrcia type, Casearia sylvestris, Hovenia dulcis, Mimosa scabrella, Lamanonia ... Parapiptadenia rigida), Melipona quadrifasciata quadrifasciata (pollen types of Myrcia type, Eucalyptus sp. and Mimosa bimucronata), Scaptotrigona bipunctata ( ... and Parapiptadenia rigida), Plebeia remota (pollen types of Myrcia type, Butia type and Sebastiania sp.) and Plebeia droryana (pollen types of Myrcia type). The different types of vegetation in RS ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2021 - Taylor & Francis | Palynology

Vanessa Svizzero Fakhoury, Adriano de Souza Pessôa, Cíntia Kazuko Tokuhara, Ana Lígia Pagnan, Gabriela Silva Neubern de Oliveira, Mariana Rovis Sanches Liessa, Kelly Karina Inacio, Fernanda Pereira de Souza Rosa de Melo, Anne Lígia Dokkedal, Rodrigo Cardoso de Oliveira, Luiz Leonardo Saldanha,
Myrcia bella Cambess (Myrtaceae) is an important and common plant, native to the Brazilian Cerrado, with cytotoxicity, ... fractions of ellagitannins (ELT) and flavonoids (FV) from Myrcia bella leaves were evaluated in a UMR-106 ... 2 activity when compared to CE and ELT. Myrcia bella a rich source of phenolic compounds and ...
Tópico(s): Bioactive natural compounds
2021 - Taylor & Francis | Natural Product Research

Danielle Bauer, Andressa Müller, Milena Nunes Bernardes Goetz, Jairo Lizandro Schmitt,
... e reprodutivos de Ocotea pulchella (Nees) Mez (Lauraceae), Myrcia brasiliensis Kiaersk e Psidium cattleyanum Sabine (Myrtaceae) foram ... antese, caracterizou um padrão sazonal nas três espécies. Myrcia brasiliensis e Psidium cattleyanum apresentaram grande concentração de ... floresta atlântica; Lauraceae; Myrtaceae. AbstractPhenology of Ocotea pulchella, Myrcia brasiliensis and Psidium cattleyanum in semideciduous forest in ... reproductive events of Ocotea pulchella (Nees) Mez (Lauraceae), Myrcia brasiliensis Kiaersk and Psidium cattleyanum Sabine (Myrtaceae) in ...
Tópico(s): Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
2014 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ | FLORESTA

Isabela Santiago Carneiro da Costa, Eliseu Marlônio Pereira de Lucena, Oriel Herrera Bonilla, Aleksandar Radosavljević, Ítalo Antônio Cotta Coutinho,
... studies on secretory cavity ontogeny in the genus Myrcia (Myrtaceae) as well as the effects of luminosity ... ontogenesis, structure, histochemistry, and effects of seasonality in Myrcia splendens (Sw.) DC. We collected and analyzed leaves ... subjected to standard anatomical techniques for light microscopy. Myrcia splendens has schizo-lysigenous ontogenesis with exudates composed ...
Tópico(s): Plant Parasitism and Resistance
2020 - Canadian Science Publishing | Botany

Márcia Moraes Cascaes, Giselle Maria Skelding Pinheiro Guilhon, Maria das Graças B. Zoghbi, Eloísa Helena de Aguiar Andrade, Lourivaldo da Silva Santos, Joyce Kelly R. da Silva, Ana Paula Trovatti Uetanabaro, Isabella Santos Araújo,
... of the methanol extract of the leaves of Myrcia rufipila McVaugh. Samples of the leaves were collected ... This study shows that M. rufipila, like other Myrcia species, is another source of flavonoids such as ...
Tópico(s): Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
2019 - Taylor & Francis | Natural Product Research