Abstract
A taxonomically controversial group of Cuban Myrtaceae is that of the species of Calycolpus Berg (1855-1856: 378) as defined by Johannes Bisse (Flickinger et al. 2020). Initially, Bisse (1983) transferred to Calycolpus five species from eastern Cuba, which share axillary, umbelliform inflorescences, 4-6-seeded fruits with soft coverings, and a type of venation observed in the type species of Calycolpus, in which the basal lateral nerves are recurved. Of these species, four were described in Eugenia Linnaeus (1753: 470) [E. cristalensis Urban, E. excisa Urban, E. lucens Alain and E. nipensis Urban] and one in Psidium Linnaeus (1753: 470) [P. reversum Urb.]. With such combinations to Calycolpus, Bisse (1983) elimnated from the extensive listing of Eugenia from the flora of Cuba the species containing more than one seed in each fruit, while considering that he cleared the diffuse concept of this genus as it had been approached by Alain (1953a).
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