Eugenia mendute Guillaumin in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 638. 1939.

≡ Austromyrtus mendute (Guillaumin) Burret in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 505. 1941.

Lectotypus (here designated): New CaledoNia. Prov. îles- Loyauté: Lifou, VII.1869, Balansa 2083 (P [P02428359]!; isolecto-: P [P00543864, P00543865]!). Syntypi: New CaledoNia. Prov. îles-Loyauté: am Ostrand des Plateau, Ouvéa, 7.VIII.1925, Däniker 1969 (Bogen 2) (Z [Z-000092725] image seen); an der Ostküste von Ouvéa, 22.IX.1925, Däniker 1969 (Bogen 1) (Z [Z-000092724] image seen); Südküste von Muli, Ouvéa, 3.X.1925, Däniker 1969a (Z [Z-000092727] image seen); am Cap Bernard auf Lifou, 2.XI.1925, Däniker 1969b (Z [Z-000092726] image seen); Lifou, comm. 1861, Deplanche 7 (P [P00543866, P00696288]!).

Notes. ‒ Five syntypes are cited in the protologue, three of which were collected by Albert Ulrich Däniker (1894-1957) that are deposited at Z. One if these collections, Däniker 1969 clearly represent two gatherings collected at different dates and localities and is here cited as two separate syntypes, making a total of five remaining syntypes. The designated lectotype [P02428359] has mature or nearly mature fruits, whereas the indicated isolectotypes at P are sterile [P00543864, P00543865].