Syzygium formosum (Wall.) Mason (1851: 554)

Byng, James W., Wilson, Peter G. & Snow, Neil, 2015, Typifications and nomenclatural notes on Indian Myrtaceae, Phytotaxa 217 (2), pp. 101-116 : 107

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17. Syzygium formosum (Wall.) Mason (1851: 554) View in CoL .

= Eugenia formosa Wallich (1830: 6) View in CoL . = Jambosa formosa (Wall.) G. Don (1832: 868) View in CoL . = Syzygium formosum (Wall.) Masamune (1942: 528) View in CoL , nom. superfl. [isonym]. Type citation: “Crescit ad Moalmyne, et ad bases rupium ripae Attran in Martabania, flores fructusque proferens mense Martii.” Lectotype (designated here): Wallich Catalogue Number 3609 (K! [barcode K000821425]; isolectotype CAL!).

= Eugenia ternifolia Roxburgh (1832: 489) View in CoL . = Jambosa ternifolia (Roxb.) Walpers (1843: 191) View in CoL . = Eugenia formosa Wallich var. ternifolia (Roxb.) Duthie (1878: 471) View in CoL . = Syzygium ternifolium (Roxb.) P.H. Ho (1992: 59) View in CoL . Type: Icones Roxburghianae 2495 (holotype K!).

= Jambosa mappacea Korthals (1847: 200) View in CoL . = Syzygium mappaceum (Korth.) Merrill & L.M. Perry (1939: 164) View in CoL . Type citation: “Crescit in cultis Banjarmassing: Borneo”. Type:— INDONESIA. Kalimantan, loc. incert., Korthals s.n. (holotype L![barcode L0009653]; isotype L! [barcode L0638268]).

Distribution:— India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal], Bangladesh, Bhutan, Malesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam; 100‒ 500 m.

Notes:— Eugenia formosa was named based on original material from ‘Moalmyne’ (=Moulmein, now Mawlamyine) and ‘Attran in Martabania’ (Martaban, now Mottama or Moke Ta Ma), but the only specimen located has been Wallich Catalogue Number 3609 from ‘Moalmyne’. Ashton (2011) cited this as the holotype but, although these appear localities to be nearby, the protologue suggest that there are at least two elements. We have therefore chosen the Wallich specimen at Kew as lectotype.

Ashton (2011) listed a number of names, based on Malesian specimens, as synonyms. We only include Syzygium mappaceum here, but it should be noted that Merrill & Perry (1939) were doubtful that it is conspecific with Eugenia formosa due to the absence of records from Peninsular Malaysia and to differences in inflorescence.

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Myrtales
Family	Myrtaceae
Genus	Syzygium