Syzygium angkae (Craib) Chantar. & J. Parn.

Chantaranothai, Pranom, 2024, Notes on the genus Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, China and Taiwan, PhytoKeys 244, pp. 151-161 : 151-161

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/phytokeys.244.118657
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12727985
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B7A0D321-A543-5824-B18C-93A465E83F3F
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scientific name	Syzygium angkae (Craib) Chantar. & J. Parn.
status

Treatment

Syzygium angkae (Craib) Chantar. & J. Parn. View in CoL , Kew Bull. 48 (3): 592. 1993.

Eugenia angkae Craib View in CoL , Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 115. 1929.

Type.

Thailand, Doi Inthanon ( Doi Angka ), 30 April 1921, Kerr 5287 (lectotype, designated by Chantaranothai and Parnell 1994, p. 35: BK; isolectotypes: BM, K, TCD) .

Distribution.

Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and China (Yunnan province, Menghai county, Xiding country, Mt. Dahei, Hesong, 2 May 2011, Li-Jianwu 625 (HITBC no. 136852, QBG no. 64320, fruiting specimen).

Ecology.

In evergreen broad-leaf forest, ca. 1,960 m alt.

Notes.

Syzygium angkae is characterized by having axillary or terminal inflorescences ca. 2 cm long and numerous secondary veins. It is found on mountains at an altitude of at least 1,500 m or more. The unidentified fruiting specimen at QBG belongs to S. angkae . The distribution of the species was mainly in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam; it is now extended to China.

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Myrtales
Family	Myrtaceae
Genus	Syzygium