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Issue: Vol. 375 No. 4: 14 November 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.375.4.1
Page range: 247–260
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 67

Five new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from Indochina and Thailand

Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan. The Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima University, 1-21-30, Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan.
The VNM Herbarium, Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan Street, District 3, Hochi Minh City, Vietnam.
Faculty of Forest Science, National University of Laos, Dongdok campus, P.O.Box 7322, Vientiane, Lao PDR
The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, 907-1541 Japan
Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, 907-1541 Japan
Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
7University of Science Ho Chi Minh City, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Biology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
Flora Laos Myrtales new species Thailand taxonomy Vietnam Eudicots

Abstract

Five new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae), S. honbaense, S. phamhoangii and S. yersinii from Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, S. phoukhaokhouayense from Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area, Vientiane Province, Laos, and S. scabrum from Bung Khla, Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary, Buengkan Province, Thailand, are described and illustrated. Photographs, vernacular names and preliminary conservation assessments are provided for them.