Eugenia codyensis Munro ex Wight (1841: 13)

Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from India, Phytotaxa 638 (3), pp. 268-276 : 269

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.638.3.6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13366394
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/287BE672-FF93-2830-8F80-B1673D96FCA8
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scientific name	Eugenia codyensis Munro ex Wight (1841: 13)
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Treatment

Eugenia codyensis Munro ex Wight (1841: 13) View in CoL .

≡ Syzygium codyense (Munro ex Wight) Chandrash. View in CoL in Sharma et al. (1977: 57). ≡ Eugenia cotinifolia Jacquin (1768: 3) subsp. codyensis (Munro ex Wight) Ashton (1981: 412) View in CoL .

Type citation in protologue:—“ Coorg near Mercara-rare: Munro”, “My specimens and a detailed description, from which the above character is abridged, were communicated by Lieutenant Munro”.

Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA. Karnataka: Coorg (Kodagu), s.d., [Herb. Wight] W. Munro 1001 (K000821511 [digital image!]).

Notes:—Only one original specimen of Eugenia codyensis collected by Munro from Coorg and included by Wight in his herbarium is extant at K (K000821511), which is designated here as the lectotype as it agrees well with the protologue. A letter on which a description of E. codyensis written by Munro (as “ Eugenia codyensis Munro mss.”) based on the live specimens from Coorg is attached with this specimen.

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Taxonomy

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