A new name and a new combination for Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from tropical Africa

JAMES W. BYNG; NEIL SNOW

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.278.2.8

Issue: Vol. 278 No. 2: 7 October 2016

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2016-10-07

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.278.2.8

Page range: 173–175

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**A new name and a new combination for Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from tropical Africa**

JAMES W. BYNG⁺⁻
NEIL SNOW⁺⁻

Plant Gateway, 5 Talbot Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG13 7BX, UK Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Botany, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

Department of Biology, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, 66762, U.S.A.

Syzygium Myrtaceae Eudicots

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Abstract

A new name, Syzygium chimanimaniense, and a new combination, S. subcordatum, are provided for two poorly known montane African species. Diagnostic characters, distributions, specimens examined, and illustrations are provided for the two species for the first time. In addition, Syzygium micklethwaitii subsp. subcordatum var. dryas is synonymised with S. subcordatum, based on field and herbarium observations.