Taiwan, Soh & Parnell, 2015

Soh, Wuu-Kuang & Parnell, John, 2015, A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam), Adansonia 37 (2), pp. 179-275 : 208-209

15. Syzygium buxifolium Hook. & Arn.

Botany of Captain Beechey’s Voyage 187 (1833); Merr. & L.M.Perry, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 19: 104 & 234 (1938) [excl. var. austrosinense ]; P.H.Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam (Câyco Viêtnam) 2: 48, fig. 3731 (1992); K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 902 (2003). — Eugenia sinensis Hemsl. ex F.B.Forbes & Hemsl., Linnean Society (Botany) 23: 298 (1887), nom. nov. — Type: China, Canton, Anon. s.n. [Messrs Lay & Collie?], all sheets annotated by Hooker.f. (holo-, K![Herb. Hooker with the annotation ‘ Syzygium buxifolium , China, Beechey’]; iso-, E![mounted on GL sheet, with the annotation ‘ Syzygium buxifolium, Canton , Beechey’], A![frag., A232670]).

Eugenia microphylla Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China 181, 364 (1818); non Syzygium microphyllum Gamble (1919) . — Type: China, Jiangxi, 25.XI.1996, Tan 9611199 (neo-, E![E00261912], here designated; isoneo-, PE!) (see Note 1).

Syllisium buxifolium Meyen & Schauer, Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 19, suppl. 1: 334 (1843). — Type: n. v. probably in B†. (fide Merrill & Perry [1938c: 234])

Eugenia somai Hayata in R.Kanehira, Formosan Trees: 255 (1918). — Syzygium somai (Hayata) Mori, Transactions of the Natural History Society of Taiwan 28: 440 (1938). — Type: Taiwan, n.v. (fide Chen & Craven [2007: 351]).

Syzygium buxifolium var. verticillatum C.Chen, Harvard Papers in Botany 11: 25 (2006). — Type: China, Guangxi, Shan Chuen to Chuen Yeun , 12.VII.1937, T.S.Tsoong 83404 (holo-, A n.v.) (fide Chen & Craven [2006: 25]).

[ Syzygium microphyllum sensu Masamune, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial University 11: 323 (1934), non Gamble (1919)] (fide Merrill & Perry [1938c: 234]). ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — China. Anhui: Li Shan, R.C.Ching 3106 (E); Wu Yuan, R.C.Ching 3306 (E); Wu Yuan, R.C.Ching 3311 (E). — Fujian: Amoy, Anon. 631 (E); Foochow, W.R.Carles 562 (E) & 658 (E); Kushan, near Foochow, H.H.Chung 2253 (E). — Guangdong: Mt. Lung Tau, Canton Christian College 12388 (E) & 12786 (E); Ren Hua-Bei Hi Ling, W.Y.Chun 5620 (E); Pan Ling Tsze, W.Y.Chun 5879 (E); Shaoguan, Ruyan Yao, Nan Ling nature reserve, Thomas & Nan Li 7 (E); Sam Kok Shan, W.T.Tsang 25092 (E); Hwei-Yang, Lin Fa Shan, W.T.Tsang 25699. — Guizhou: Tong-Tcheou, Esquirol 3237 (E) & 3767 (E). — Hong Kong: Bodinier 1013 (E) & 1149 (E); wood of little Hong Kong, Bodinier 709 (E). — Hunan: Mt. Mangshan, 21.VI.2004, B.Z.Xiao 3632. — Jiangxi: Hong San, J.L.Gressitt 1553 (E). — Zhejiang: Tai Chow, R.C.Ching 1314 (E); Ping Yung, R.C.Ching 1981 (E).

Japan. Ryukyu, Yaeyama Is. M.Furuse 1058 ( TCD).

Taiwan. Taipei City, Neihu, Y.C.Chen 14 (E) ; Pingtung, Lanjenchi, S.C.Wu & C.C.Ling 1371 (E) .

Vietnam. Quang Ninh: Ha Coi, Tsai Wong Mo Shan and vicinity, X.1936, W.T.Tsang 27051 (E, P) .

DISTRIBUTION. — North Vietnam, South China, Hainan, Taiwan and South Japan ( Fig. 11 ).

ECOLOGY OR HABITAT. — In open forest and scrub.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — IUCN Global Status: Least Concern ( LC); IUCN Regional (Indochina) Status: Data Deficient ( DD).

PHENOLOGY. — Flowering: June to August ( China). Fruiting: October to December ( China).

VERNACULAR NAME. — Tram la ca na ( Vietnam).

USES. — Used as a bonsai tree in China and Taiwan.

DESCRIPTION

Shrub to 3 m tall. Glabrous.

Figures

FIG. 11. — Distribution of Syzygium borneense (Miq.) Miq. (), Syzygium bullockii (Hance) Merr. & L.M.Perry () and Syzygium buxifolium Hook. & Arn. () in Indochina.