The Confusing Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Syzygium Confusum Complex (Myrtaceae)

Abstract

WIDODO, P. & VELDKAMP, J. F. 2021. The confusing taxonomy and nomenclature of Syzygiun confusum complex (Myrtaceae). Reinwardtia 20(2): 43‒49. ― The taxonomic and nomenclatural confusions surrounding the Syzygium confusum complex are elucidated. For that purpose, type specimens are designated and circumscriptions are presented for each species. Typifications, newly characterized descriptions and illustrations are presented for Syzygium korthalsii Widodo, S. confusum (Blume) Bakh.f., S. blumei (Steudel) Merr. & L.M.Perry, S. insigne (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry. The new species Syzygium sipirokense Widodo & Veldkamp is described.

Diversity, composition, and biogeography of trees in tropical mountain forests of Sulawesi, Indonesia

“…Myrtaceae (Blume 1850, Robinson 1909, Elmer 1914, Merrill 1921, Merrill and Perry 1937, Amshoff 1945, Hartley and Perry 1973, Hartley and Craven 1977, Scott 1979, Hyland 1983, Thompson 1989, Bean 1992, Craven et al 2003, Biffin et al 2005, Ashton 2011, Widodo 2012, Soh and Parnell 2015 Nyssaceae (Matthew 1976(Matthew , 1977 Oleaceae (Kiew 1978(Kiew , 1998(Kiew , 2016 Pandanaceae (Stone 1983a(Stone , 1983b Paracryphiaceae (Schlechter 1914, van Steenis 1986 Pentaphylacaceae (Kobuski 1947, 1953, 1961a, 1961b, Barker 1980, Weitzman et al 2004 Peraceae (van Welzen et al 1995, van Welzen andEsser 2013) Phyllanthaceae (Shaw 1972, Webster 1994 Podocarpaceae (Keng 1978b, de Laubenfels 1988, Farjon 2010 Primulaceae (Sleumer 1988b, 1988a, Stone 1989, Hu 1999…”