Resumo

MAZINE, Fiorella Fernanda  e  SOUZA, Vinicius Castro. Three new species of Eugenia sect. Racemosae (Myrtaceae) from the cerrados of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Rev. bras. Bot. [online]. 2010, vol.33, n.2, pp. 285-290. ISSN 0100-8404.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-84042010000200009.

Three new species of Eugenia sect. Racemosae (Myrtaceae) from cerrado vegetation of central region in Brazil are described and illustrated. They are: Eugenia hatschbachii Mazine, Eugenia mattogrossensis Mazine and Eugenia glabrescens Mazine. Data on the geographic distribution and habitat are given for the new taxa.

Palavras-chave : Brazil; Eugenia; Myrtaceae; taxonomy.