Syzygium claviflorum (Roxb.) Wall. ex Steudel

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18. Syzygium claviflorum (Roxb.) Wall. ex Steudel ( Fig. 14 )

Nomenclator Botanicus ed. 2, 2: 657 (1841); K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 126 (2003). — Eugenia claviflora Roxb. , [Hortus Bengalensis (1814) 37] Flora indica 2 [ed. 2, ed. W. Carey]: 488 (1832); Wight, Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 2: t. 606 (1843). — Acmena claviflora (Roxb.) Walp., Repertorium Botanices Systematicae : 181 (1843). — Clavimyrtus claviflora (Roxb.) Blume , Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum 1: 113 (1850). — Acmenosperma claviflorum (Roxb.) Kausel, Arkiv för Botanik Band 3: 609 (1957). — Type: Icones Roxburghianae no. 2499 (lecto-, K! here designated; isolecto-, CAL n.v.) (see Note 1).

Syzygium wightianum Wall. ex Wight & Arn. , Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis : 330 (1834); P.H.Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam (Câyco Viêtnam) 2: 61, fig. 3769 (1992); K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 909 (2003). — Eugenia wightiana Wight, Illustrations of Indian Botany 2: 15 (1841); Gagnep. in Lecomte, Flore générale de l’Indochine 2: 841 (1920). — Type: India, Dindygul Hills, 3000ft, Wallich Numer. List 3577 (lecto-, K![Herb. Hooker], here designated; isolecto-, E!, K![Herb. Bentham], K-W!), syn. nov. (see Note 2).

Jambosa clavata Korth., Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 1: 201 (1847). — Eugenia clavata (Korth.) Merr. , Journal of the Straits Branch Royal Asiatic Society 77: 225 (1917). — Syzygium clavatum (Korth.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 180 (1939). — Type: Indonesia, Borneo, Korthals s.n. (holo-, U![L0009414]).

Eugenia leptantha Wight, Illustrations of Indian Botany 2: 15 (1841), nom. illeg., non Benth (1840); Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 2: t. 528 (1843); Gagnep. in Lecomte, Flore générale de l’Indochine 2: 833 (1920). — Syzygium leptanthum (Wight) Nied. , in Engl. & Prantl. Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 3(7): 85 (1893). — Eugenia claviflora Roxb. var. leptantha (Wight) King , Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 70: 108 (1901). — Eugenia leptalea Craib , Flo- rae Siamensis Enumeratio 1: 649 (1931), nom. nov. pro Eugenia leptantha Wight. — Eugenia claviflora Roxb. var. leptalea (Craib) M.R.Hend. , The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 12: 255 (1949). — Type: Burma, Mergui, ‘Mergui 854, Griffith’, Griffith s.n. [Herb. Hooker] (lecto-, K!, here designated) (fide Noltie [2005: 357]).

Eugenia rhododendrifolia Miq., Analecta Botanica Indica 1: 19 (1850), t. 2. — Syzygium rhododendrifolium (Miq.) Masam., Enumeratio Phanerogamarum Bornearum : 538 (1942). — Type: Indonesia, Borneo, Martapura, Korthals s.n. (lecto-, L!, here designated [L0009414]).

Eugenia rhododendrifolia forma longifolia Miq., Analecta Botanica Indica 1: 20, table 3 (1850). — Jambosa borneensis Miq. , Flora van Nederlandsch Indië 1: 434 (1855), nom. nov. pro Eugenia rhododendrifolia forma longifolia Miq. — Type: Indonesia, Borneo [Sakoembang], Korthals s.n. (lecto-, L!, here designated [L0009415]).

Jambosa melanocarpa Miq. , Flora van Nederlandsch Indië 1: 430 (1855). — Type: possible type Anon. s.n., Java, with Zollinger’s handwriting on the label (U![U0005209]) (in protologue: Indonesia, Java, in the forest of Lampong province, discovered by Zollinger).

Eugenia maingayi Duthie in Hooker, Flora of British India 2: 484 (1878). — Eugenia claviflora var. maingayi (Duthie) King , Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 70: 108 (1901). — Syzygium claviflorum var. maingayi (Duthie) Chantar. & J.Parn., Kew Bulletin 48: 590 (1993). — Type: Peninsular Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Maingay 750 (lecto-, K!, here designated; isolecto-, K!).

Eugenia ruminata Koord. & Valeton , Bulletin de l’Institut Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 8 (1899). — Syzygium ruminatum (Koord. & Valeton) Amshoff in C.A.Backer & R.C.Bakhuizen van der Brink, Flora of Java 4b(98): 11 (1944). — Type: possible syntypes Java, Koorders 5725B and 5726B (fide: Janssonius & Moll [1906: 984]).

Eugenia claviflora var. excavata King , Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 70: 108 (1901); M.R.Henderson, The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 12: 257 (1949), fig. 49c. — [ Syzygium excavatum Wall., Wallich Numer. List 3574 (1841), nom. nud.; Duthie in Hooker, Flora of British India 2: 484 (1878), in syn.]. — Syzygium claviflorum var. excavatum (King) Turner , The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 47: 373 (1995). — Type: Peninsular Malaysia, Penang, ‘Amherst 1827’, Wallich Numer. List 3574 (lecto-, K-W!, here designated; isolecto-, K![2 sheets, Herb. Bentham & Herb. Hooker], SING n.v.).

Eugenia claviflora var. glandulosa King , Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 70: 108 (1901). — Syzygium claviflorum var. glandulosum (King) Chantar. & J.Parn., Kew Bulletin 48: 590 (1993). — Type: Peninsular Malaysia, Malacca, Mt. Ophir, IV.1888, Hullett 780 (holo-, K!; iso-, SING n.v.).

Eugenia viridifolia Elmer, Leaflets of Philippine Botany 4: 1420 (1912). — Syzygium viridifolium (Elmer) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 183 (1939). — Type: Philippines, Palawan, Puerto Princesa, Mt. Pulgar , Elmer 12975 (holo-, PNH †: iso-, A n.v. [69824], E!, GH n.v. [69823], P n. v. [P05229348], US![00118214]) .

Eugenia baviensis Gagnep., Notulae Systematicae 3: 317 (1917); Gagnep. in Lecomte, Flore générale de l’Indochine 2: 802, fig. 86 1920. — Syzygium baviense (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry , Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 19: 102 (1938); P.H.Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam (Câyco Viêtnam) 2: 46, fig. 3725 (1992); P.Dy Phon, Plant Use in Cambodia: 377 (2000); K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 901 (2003); D.D.Soejarto et al., Seed Plants of Cuc Phuong National Park: 429 (2004). — Type: Vietnam [ Tonkin], Mt. Bavi, valley of Lankok, 24.VI.1877, fl., Balansa 2880 (lecto-, P![P00589300]; isolecto-, L![L0404219], K![K000276180]), syn. nov. (see Note 2).

Eugenia fraseri Ridl. , Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 68: 33

(1930). — Syzygium fraseri (Ridl.) Masam., Enumeratio Phanero-

gamarum Bornearum: 528 (1942). — Type: Malaysia, Borneo ,

Sabah, Kudat , I.1885, Fraser 139 ( K n.v.; SING n.v.) (fide Mer-

rill & Perry [1939: 183]). Eugenia claviflora var. montana M.R.Hend. , The Gardens’ Bulletin

Singapore 12: 260 (1949). — Syzygium claviflorum var. monta-

num (M.R.Hend.) Turner, The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 47:

373 (1995). — Type: Peninsular Malaysia, Terengganu, Gunung

Padang, SFN 33914 (holo-, SING n.v.; iso-, K!, L!). Eugenia claviflora var. riparia M.R.Hend. , The Gardens’ Bulletin

Singapore 12: 257 (1949). — Syzygium claviflorum var. riparium

(M.R.Hend.) Turner, The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 47: 373

(1995). — Type: Peninsular Malaysia, Pahang, Kuala Tahan ,

Seimund 927 (holo-, SING n.v.; iso-, K!). [ Syzygium longiflorum Wall., Wallich Numer. List 3572 B (1831)

(E!, K-W!, L!, P!) nom. nud.]. [ Syzygium suavissimum Wall., Wallich Numer. List 3573A (1831)

(K-W!) nom. nud.]. [ Syzygium lanceolatum auct. non Eugenia lanceolata Lam. (1789):

Wight & Arn., Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis : 330

DESCRIPTION

Tree to 8 m tall, to 20 cm dbh. Glabrous.

Figures

FIG. 14. — Lectotype of Syzygium baviense (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Balansa 2880 (P00589300); detail, close-up of inflorescence. Scale bar: 1 cm.