Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston, 1931

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 687

Myrtus caryophyllata Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 472. 1753 .

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 3614.

Lectotype (Kostermans in Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 34: 133. 1981): Herb. Hermann 2: 3; 4: 34, No. 183 (BM).

Current name: Syzygium caryophyllatum (L.) Alston ( Myrtaceae ).

Note: As the material in Herb. Hermann appears to be part of a single gathering (Art. 9.15), Kostermans is accepted as having typified the name.