Syzygium zeylanicum (L.)

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 : 689

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

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 3612.

Lectotype (Kostermans in Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 34: 156. 1981): Herb. Hermann 1: 47; 4: 21, No. 182 (BM).

Current name: Syzygium zeylanicum (L.) DC. ( 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.