“…Some species are a promising source of biologically active compounds with medicinal properties such as antimicrobial, antilarval, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic (Stefanello et al, 2011;Cascaes et al, 2015). Widespread exploitation of fruits of economic value, such as guava, pitanga, and jaboticaba, make Myrtaceae one of the most used plant families by rural populations showing the high socio-biodiversity value (Souza et al, 2018;Silva et al, 2022). Due to the recent systematic knowledge constructed for the family (Lucas et al, 2007(Lucas et al, , 2011(Lucas et al, , 2018(Lucas et al, , 2019Mazine et al, 2014Mazine et al, , 2018, Neotropical Myrtaceae have been also elevated from the status of a neglected group to a potential model system in addressing broad questions regarding the dynamics of Neotropical biodiversity (Lucas and Bünger, 2015;Giaretta et al, 2015;Staggemeier et al, 2015b;Vasconcelos et al, 2019a).…”