Syzygium francii (Guillaumin) N. Snow, Byng & Munzinger, 2017

Snow, Neil, Byng, James W., Munzinger, Jérôme, Callmander, Martin W. & Dawson, John W., 2017, New Caledonian Piliocalyx transferred to Syzygium (Myrtaceae) with an updated conspectus of the species, Candollea 72 (2), pp. 239-248 : 243

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2017v722a1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5721634

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/877687BA-FF8B-DD00-AB2C-E772679EF931

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Carolina

scientific name

Syzygium francii (Guillaumin) N. Snow, Byng & Munzinger
status

comb. nov.

Syzygium francii (Guillaumin) N. Snow, Byng & Munzinger View in CoL , comb. nov. ( Fig. 1C View Fig ).

Ξ Piliocalyx francii Guillaumin View in CoL in Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris ser. 2, 10: 625-626. 1939.

Typus: NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. Sud : bords de la Tontouta , Franc 2427 (holo-: P , not found).

Shrubs or trees, 3- 16 m. Bark unknown. Branchlets terete, greenish. Petioles 1-8 mm. Leaf blades 4-8 × 2-3.5 cm, obovate to narrowly elliptic, base long-attenuate, margin flat (yellowish green and matching color of midvein), apex rounded to acute. Inflorescences mostly axillary, 1.6-4 × 1.2-2 cm. Hypanthium c. 1.5-2 mm, cupulilform, color unknown. Fruits 1.5-2.5 × 1.5-3.0 cm, subglobular to globular, green maturing to pale red.

Notes. ‒ The type specimen at P of Piliocalyx francii sent on loan 90/100 to WELTU (prior to barcoding) was photocopied and is in the working notes of JWD, but the specimen remains missing despite our attempts to relocate it. It was marked “type” with a type label evidently written in Guillaumin’s hand. Given that the information (locality, collector, number, year) on the specimen label matches exactly the same information in the protologue ( GUILLAUMIN, 1939: 625-626), and because no other specimens with that number were found at P, we do not hesitate to refer to that specimen as a holotype.

One atypical specimen, tentatively placed here, has some obovate leaves with a retuse apex (Veillon 2888).

Additional specimens examined. ‒ NEW CALEDONIA. Prov. Sud: Réserve de Nodéla , 29.I.2008, Dagostini & Barrabé 1557bis ( NOU [ NOU048988 View Materials ]) ; Plateau de Dogny , 29.X.1959, Thorne 28318 ( P [ P06603483 ]) ; Farino, parc des Grandes Fougères , 7.IV.2009, Dagostini (leg. Apiazari & Nigote) 1671 ( NOU [ NOU050105 View Materials ]) ; col d’Amieu ( versant de Canala ), 24.VIII.1965, MacKee 13338 ( MO-6452864 , P [ P01032003 , P05265288 , P01032004 ]) ; Farino , forêt de Mépéo , 22.II,1966, MacKee 14424 ( NOU [ NOU013819 View Materials ], P [ P05265277 , P01029350 , P01048166 ]) ; Ouroué ( Embouchure de la Dothio ), 8.VIII.1966, MacKee 15481 ( P [ P04633431 ]) ; vallée de la Dumbéa , XII.1979, MacKee 37663 ( NOU [ NOU013803 View Materials ], P [ P00805946 , P00805947 ]) ; Thy River valley , c. 12 air-km NE of Nouméa, 1.XII.1979, McPherson 2176 ( NOU [ NOU013817 View Materials ]; P [ P04807648 ]) ; along Tontouta River and its tributary , the Kalouéhola , 20.X.1981, McPherson 4230 ([ NOU013815 View Materials ], P [ P01060994 , P01060995 ]) ; valley of the Dothio River , 5.XI.1981, McPherson 4316 ( NOU [ NOU013814 View Materials ]) ; Ninga , 21°45’22”S, 166°8’57”E, 10.XII.2008, Munzinger et al. 5600 ( MO-6153881 , GoogleMaps NOU [ NOU049622 View Materials ], GoogleMaps NSW, GoogleMaps P [ P06669056 ]) GoogleMaps ; col d’Amieu , forêt de Pumbaï , 5.XI.1980, Suprin 836 ( P [ P04884376 ]) ; Berge de la Kalouehola , V.1973, Veillon 2888 ( NOU [ NOU013812 View Materials ]) ; W slopes near summit of Mt Dzumac , 7.VIII.1968, Webster 14628 & Hildreth ( P [ P04884374 ]) .

NOU

NOU

NOU

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

NSW

Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Syzygium

Loc

Syzygium francii (Guillaumin) N. Snow, Byng & Munzinger

Snow, Neil, Byng, James W., Munzinger, Jérôme, Callmander, Martin W. & Dawson, John W. 2017
2017
Loc

Piliocalyx francii

Guillaumin 1939: 625
1939
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