Syzygium tetragonum (Wight) Wallich ex Walpers (1843: 179)

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

14. Syzygium tetragonum (Wight) Wallich ex Walpers (1843: 179) . = Eugenia tetragona Wight (1841: 16) . Lectotype (designated here):— INDIA. Meghalaya: Khasi Hills, Sillet, Dec. 1823, [Herb. Wight, Wallich cat. n. 3550] F. De Silva s.n. (MH00006620!; isolectotypes A01143269!, A01143270!, BR0000005304660!, E00179126!, K000821359!, K001119697!, M0171143!, P00589407!).

Distribution:— Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam and India (Northeast Indian states).

Notes:— Eugenia tetragona was described by Wight (1841) based on the specimens of Wallich catalogue number 3550 collected from Khasi Hills, Sillet, India by F. De Silva. One specimen of Wallich catalogue number 3550 and included by Wight in his herbarium is traced at MH (MH00006620). Further, eight specimen of Wallich catalogue number 3550 were also traced (A01143269, A01143270, BR0000005304660, E00179126, K000821359, K001119697, M0171143 and P00589407). Of these, the MH specimen ( Figure 9 ) is selected here as the lectotype because it was included by Wight in his herbarium.

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FIGURE 9. Lectotype of Eugenia tetragona Wight (MH00006620, © Madras Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, SRC, Coimbatore).