Syzygium salicifolium Graham (1839: 73)

Singh, Rajeev Kumar & Arigela, Ravi Kiran, 2020, Lectotypifications and new synonyms in Indian Syzygium (Myrtaceae), Phytotaxa 429 (3), pp. 200-216 : 213

13. Syzygium salicifolium Graham (1839: 73) . = Eugenia salicifolia (J. Graham) Wight (1841: 16 ; 1842: 3, tab. 539). = Eugenia heyneana Duthie (1879: 500) , nom. illeg. = Syzygium heyneanum (Duthie) Gamble (1919: 482) , nom. illeg. Neotype (designated here):— INDIA. Peninsular India, s.d., Wight s.n. (K000821380!). = Syzygium heyneanum var. alternans (Duthie) Kulkarni & Lakshminarasimhan in Kulkarni (2001: 11). = Eugenia heyneana var. alternans

Duthie (1879: 500). Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA. Concan (Konkan), s.d., J. E. Stocks s.n. ( K001004319 !; isolectotypes

CAL!, K001004320!, P05237873!). Remaining syntypes:— INDIA. Canara (Karnataka): Mangalor (Mangaluru), 1847, R.F.

Hohenacker 428 (K001004323!, M0137798!, P05237874!).

Distribution:— India (Central and Peninsular India), endemic.

Notes:—The above neotype is required since all original material seems lost. Graham (1839) formally described Syzygium salicifolium based on the specimens collected by him from Rotunda Ghaut and Parr bridge above Qoina (Koyna) river, Mahabaleshwar. Most of Graham’s types were lost and only few are known to be extant at K ( Stafleu & Cowan 1976, Singh et al. 2014). Presently, no original material of S. salicifolium is extant at CAL, BSI, E, K and MH. Thus the specimen collected by Wight from Peninsular India at K (K000821380) is chosen here as neotype, because the illustration of Wight (1842: tab. 539) is based on this specimen. The specimen is well preserved, has mature leaves, well developed inflorescence and also depicts the taxon as recognized today.

Eugenia heyneana var. alternans was described by Duthie (1879) based on the specimens collected by Stocks from Concan and Canara by Hohenacker. Four specimens of Stocks and three of Hohenacker were traced and best one K001004319, is designated here as the lectotype.