Syzygium leucoxylon

Syzygium leucoxylon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Syzygium
Species: S. leucoxylon
Binomial name
Syzygium leucoxylon
Korth.
Synonyms[1]
  • Eugenia alcinae Merr.
  • Eugenia brevistylis C.B.Rob.
  • Eugenia leucoxylon (Korth.) Miq.
  • Eugenia verecunda Duthie
  • Myrtus leucoxylon Korth. ex Miq.
  • Syzygium alcinae (Merr.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Syzygium verecundum (Duthie) Wall. ex Masam.

Syzygium leucoxylon is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family, that grows in the tropical peat swamp forest of Sarawak and Kalimantan.[2] The species was described in 1848 by botanist Pieter Willem Korthals from specimens found growing on the mountain Gunung Pamaton, in Borneo.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Mustaid Siregar and Edy Nasriadi Sambas. "Floristic Composition of Peat Swamp Forest in Mensemat-Sambas, West Kalimantan". Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tropical Peatlands, Bogor, Indonesia, 22-23 November 1999 (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Bijdrage tot de Kennis der Myrtaceae". Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 1 (3): 185–206. 1848. page 203


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