Syzygium pierrei (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Soh, Wuu-Kuang & Parnell, John, 2015, A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam), Adansonia 37 (2), pp. 179-275 : 250

42. Syzygium pierrei (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 19: 114 (1938); P.H.Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam (Câyco Viêtnam) 2: 56, fig.3753 (1992); K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 906 (2003). — Eugenia pierrei Gagnep., Notulae Systematicae 3: 330 (1917); Gagnep. in Lecomte, Flore générale de l’Indochine 2: 836 (1920). — Type: Vietnam [ Cochinchina], Thua Thien-Hue, near Bo Giang [Bao-chiang], fl., VII.1877, Pierre 1818 (lecto-, P!, with attached Delpy’s drawing dated III.1900, here designated; isolecto-, P![2 sheets, P00589188 & P00589189]). Remaining former syntype: Vietnam [ Cochinchina], Dong Nai, Bien Hao,Tri Huyen, fl., V.1867, Pierre s.n. (P![P00589425] with attached Delpy’s drawing dated III.1900, K![K000800073]).

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. Laos. Champassak: Pathoumphone, Nong Hin , 7.VII.2000, Middleton & Lamxay 265 (P) .

Vietnam. Dong Nai: Bien Hoa, Tri Huyen , IV.1869, Pierre s.n. (P). DISTRIBUTION. — Found only in Laos and Vietnam ( Fig. 35 ) .

ECOLOGY OR HABITAT. — Primary forest.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — IUCN Regional (Indochina) Status: Data Deficient ( DD).

PHENOLOGY. — Flowering:April, May, July.Fruiting:not documented.

DESCRIPTION

Shrub to 3 m tall. Bark brownish. Glabrous.

Figures

FIG. 35. — Distribution of Syzygium pachysarcum (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry (), Syzygium pierrei (Gagnep.) Merr.& L.M.Perry () and Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp. () in Indochina.