Syzygium wightianum Wall. ex Wight & Arn.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 330 (1834)
This name is a synonym of Syzygium claviflorum

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Syzygium lanceolatum.]
  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Syzygium lanceolatum.]
  • Soh, W.K. & Parnell, J. (2015). A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam). Adansonia, sér. 3, 37: 179-275. [Cited as Syzygium claviflorum subsp. claviflorum.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Byng, J.W., Wilson, P.G. & Snow, N. (2015). Typifications and nomenlcatural notes on Indian Myrtaceae. Phytotaxa 217(2): 101-116. [Cited as Syzygium wightianum.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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