A Revision of Syzygium and Allied Genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia

Hyland, B. P. M.

doi:10.1071/bt8309001

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“…It has an extensive range that spread out from Africa and Madagascar, Asia throughout the Pacific (Tuiwawa et al., 2013), and highest levels of diversity ensue from Malaysia to Australia, where numerous species are very poorly known and countless species have not been portrayed taxonomically. These species are abundant components in the upper and medium strata of rainforests of the eastern Australia (Hyland, 1983). It is the biggest woody genus of the flowering plants in the world (B. Ahmad et al., 2016).…”

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Traditional uses, pharmacological activities, and phytochemical constituents of the genus Syzygium: A review

Uddin

Hossain

Reza

et al. 2022

Food Science & Nutrition

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This comprises medicinal plants not only important for the treatment of diseases but also as potential material for maintaining good health and conditions. Better cultural acceptability, better compatibility and adaptability with the human body, and lesser side effects of plants made many countries in the world to depend on herbal medicine for their primary health care (Bari et al., 2021;CHOWDHURY et al., 2021;Hoque et al., 2021). For centuries, plants are being widely used for their natural resources isolated from various parts of a plant and have been used in the treatment of human diseases. Moreover, some of these plants produce edible fruits, while others simply produce dazzling flowers, which are so attractive and important economically as well.The knowledge of traditional medicine supports all other systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and even modern

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Traditional uses, pharmacological activities, and phytochemical constituents of the genus Syzygium: A review

Uddin

Hossain

Reza

et al. 2022

Food Science & Nutrition

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“…However, this status requires reassessment as the surrounding areas have not been explored botanically. Notes: Syzygium oransbariense is a member of the Gelpkea Blume (Blume 1850) group, here informally recognised, that includes a handful of congeners readily recognised by the presence of a pair of reduced bractlike or stipule-like leaves or cataphylls at the base of an inflorescence or new growth, as also noted by Hyland (1983) in S. puberulum Merr. & L.M.Perry.…”

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A new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the Bird’s Head Peninsula, western New Guinea

Mustaqim¹,

Low²,

Heatubun³

2020

Telopea

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Syzygium oransbariense Mustaqim, Y.W.Low & Heatubun (Myrtaceae) is here formally described. This species is found in the lowlands on the eastern flank of the Arfak Mountains, Bird’s Head Peninsula, western New Guinea. The species is similar to Syzygium longipes (Diels) Merr. & L.M.Perry but differs based on a set of diagnostic morphological characters. Species description, distribution, a preliminary conservation status assessment, and notes on the new species are presented here.

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“…Interestingly, S. minutuliflorum has often been confused with species from subgenus Acmena . Hyland () says that this species “has been confused with A. hemilampra and A. smithii ,” and when Mueller () first described the species (as a Eugenia ) he said, “This species stands systematically very near E. smithii in floral and carpic characteristics, but the leaves are of quite different shape and not shining nor dark‐green above, while none of the anthers are biglobular, and all open with lateral dehiscence.”…”

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Identifying fossil Myrtaceae leaves: the first described fossils of Syzygium from Australia

Tarran

Wilson

Paull

et al. 2018

American J of Botany

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Although leaves of Myrtaceae are easily identified to family level, very few studies have convincingly identified fossil Myrtaceae leaves to living genera. We used a broadly comparative approach with a large data set of extant taxa to confidently assign the mummified remains of myrtaceous leaves from early Miocene sediments at Kiandra (New South Wales, Australia) to a living genus. METHODS: Fossils were identified using a nearest living relative approach, against a database of 232 extant broadleaf rainforest species of Myrtaceae. Leaf cuticles were prepared from 106 species, sourced from herbarium specimens as well as some living individuals, and a further 127 records were assembled from the literature. A set of simple but phylogenetically informative cuticular characters were observed, described, and recorded under both scanning electron microscopy and standard light microscopy. KEY RESULTS: A new fossil species of Syzygium Gaertn. is described from mummified remains found in early Miocene (21.5-21.7 Ma) sediments. The fossil taxon is here named Syzygium christophelii sp. nov., in honor of the late Australian paleobotanist David Christophel. CONCLUSIONS: These fossils represent some of the most confidently described Myrtaceae leaf fossils published to date and are the first and oldest described fossil record of Syzygium from Australia. While several fossil parataxa have been illustrated from New Zealand, and several fossil species of Syzygium have previously been proposed in the literature, many of these fossils lack characters for a confident diagnosis.

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A Revision of Syzygium and Allied Genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia

Cited by 23 publications

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Traditional uses, pharmacological activities, and phytochemical constituents of the genus Syzygium: A review

Traditional uses, pharmacological activities, and phytochemical constituents of the genus Syzygium: A review

A new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the Bird’s Head Peninsula, western New Guinea

Identifying fossil Myrtaceae leaves: the first described fossils of Syzygium from Australia

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