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Notes and new species in papuasian syzygium ( myrtaceae )

01 Jun 2002-Edinburgh Journal of Botany (Cambridge University Press)-Vol. 59, Iss: 2, pp 259-272
TL;DR: Syzygium cratermontensis, S. kipidamasii, S., pseudomegistophyllum and S. ubogoensis are newly described from Papua New Guinea and some notes on the taxonomic position and geographic distribution are provided.
Abstract: Syzygium cratermontensis, S. kipidamasii, S. pseudomegistophyllum and S. ubogoensis are newly described from Papua New Guinea. Some notes on the taxonomic position and geographic distribution of S. megistophyllum Merrill & Perry are also provided.
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05 Apr 2016
TL;DR: The Syzygium Working Group (SYZWG) presents a meta-modelling framework for estimating the phytochemical properties of the SyzyGium and its applications in agriculture, ecology, and the environment.
Abstract: 1 Recommended citation: SYZWG (2016) Syzygium Working Group 2 Faculty of Science & Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. 3 The Mauritius Herbarium, Agricultural Services, Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security; R. E. Vaughan Building, Reduit, Mauritius. 4 Plant Gateway, 5 Talbot Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG13 7BX, UK. 5 School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK. 6 School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. 7 Ecology & Ecosystem Research, Georg-August-University Gottingen, Untere Karspule 2, 37073 Gottingen, Germany. 8 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Botany, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands. 9 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AE, UK. 10 Department of Biosciences, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius. 11 Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru, 560012, India. 12 Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, India 13 Department of Biology, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, U.S.A. 14 College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530005, PR China. 15 Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

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  • ...New Guinea 190 250 Ridley (1916), Diels (1922, 1916), Hartley & Craven (1977), Merrill & Perry (1942a), Hartley & Perry (1973), Takeuchi (2002, 2015), Snow & Craven (2010), Conn & Damas (2015) 19....

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TL;DR: Results from morphological and molecular analyses reject the hypothesis that Rhodomyrtus is monophyletic, and additional data are needed before Rhodomarytus can be split confidently into demonstrably monophyletsic genera.
Abstract: The monophyly of the genus Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae) was tested using data from morphology and the nuclear ribosomal ITS regions (ITS-1, ITS-2) and 5.8S gene. Representative species from baccate genera hypothesized to be closely related to Rhodomyrtus were included, such as Archirhodomyrtus, Octamyrtus, Knnakomyrtus, and some genera believed to be more distantly related, including Rhodamnia, Decaspermum, Pilidiostigma, and Myrtastrum. Up to four capsular-fruited outgroup species were used to root the trees (Heteropyxis natalensis, Carpolepis tardiflora, Lophostemon confertus, and Metrosideros rotundifolia). Morphological data using neighbor joining scattered species of Rhodomyrtus across several branches but generally recovered genera other than Rhodomyrtus. Using parsimony, the morphological data analysis also rejected the monophyly of Rhodomyrtus and resulted in consensus trees with relatively low resolution and bootstrap support. Based on traditionally recognized generic boundaries, results from...

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11 Aug 2010
TL;DR: Five new species of Syzygium are described from the island of New Guinea, four of which are considered Vulnerable, and one of which is considered Endangered, and the conservation status following IUCN guidelines is proposed.
Abstract: . Five new species of Syzygium are described from the island of New Guinea. One species, Syzygium neurophyllum, occurs in Papua Province, Indonesia. Four species, S. purpuricarpum, S. rambutyense, S. ridsdalei, and S. watutense occur in Papua New Guinea. Four of the five species are known only from the type gathering, but each is easily diagnosed from congeneric members of Syzygium occurring on New Guinea. The conservation status following IUCN guidelines is proposed for each new species, four of which are considered Vulnerable, and one of which is considered Endangered.

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TL;DR: These are the first descriptions of Syzygium species from the island since Blume (1850, Jambosa celebica and J. cornifolia), highlighting the significant lack of taxonomic research on the genus for the region.
Abstract: Following ongoing ecological research on the tree diversity of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, we describe five new species of Syzygium. These are the first descriptions of Syzygium species from the island since Blume (1850, Jambosa celebica and J. cornifolia), highlighting the significant lack of taxonomic research on the genus for the region. The five species proposed as new are Syzygium balgooyisp. nov., Syzygium contiguumsp. nov., Syzygium devogeliisp. nov., Syzygium eymaesp. nov., and Syzygium galanthumsp. nov. All species are illustrated and information on their distribution, ecology, and conservation status is given.

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Cites background from "Notes and new species in papuasian ..."

  • ...The calyptrate calyx is a relatively rare character, currently known to occur in only about 30 of the > 1200 species of Syzygieae (Merrill and Perry 1937, Chantaranothai and Parnell 1993, Takeuchi 2002, Biffin et al. 2005, Craven and Biffin 2010)....

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14 Jul 2005-Blumea
TL;DR: Evidence from both morphological and molecular phylogenetic data support the view that the circumscissile calycine calyptra, the sole defining character of Cleistocalyx, has multiple origins within Syzygium s.
Abstract: Evidence from both morphological and molecular phylogenetic data support the view that the circumscissile calycine calyptra, the sole defining character of Cleistocalyx, has multiple origins within Syzygium s. l. and is therefore an invalid basis for generic circumscription. Accordingly, the Fijian Cleistocalyx are transferred to Syzygium, and the new combinations Syzygium decussatus, S. eugenioides and S. seemannii, are made. Syzygium myrtoides is reinstated, and Cleistocalyx ellipticus, C. longiflorus, C. kasiensis and C. seemannii var. punctatus are reduced to the synonymy of S. seemannii. The distribution of S. seemannii is extended to Vanuatu.

6 citations