Syzygium snowianum (Myrtaceae) a new canopy species from the Southern Escarpment of Papua New Guinea

Wayne N Takeuchi

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.204.1.7

Issue: Vol. 204 No. 1: 27 March 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-03-27

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.204.1.7

Page range: 80–84

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Syzygium snowianum (Myrtaceae) a new canopy species from the Southern Escarpment of Papua New Guinea

Wayne N Takeuchi⁺⁻

Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

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Abstract

Syzygium snowianum is described from previously inaccessible environments in southern Papua New Guinea. The new species is closest to S. ubogoense but is easily distinguished by its taller stature and yellow flowers.