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Issue: Vol. 641 No. 3: 20 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.641.3.5
Page range: 228-234
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Syzygium ngheanense (Myrtaceae: Myrtoideae), a new species of Syzygium from Central Vietnam

Faculty of Biology, College of Education, Vinh University, 182 Le Duan, Vinh City, Nghe An Province 4300, Vietnam.
Nghe An Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 129 Le Hong Phong, Vinh City, Nghe An Province, Vietnam.
Nghe An College of Economics, 51 Ly Tu Trong, Vinh City, Nghe An Province, Vietnam.
Nghe An College of Economics, 51 Ly Tu Trong, Vinh City, Nghe An Province, Vietnam.
Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 85 Tran Quoc Toan, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay District, Ha Noi City, Vietnam.
Endemic species Eudicots Indochina Myrtales Syzygieae Taxonomy Truong Son range

Abstract

Syzygium ngheanense (Myrtaceae), a new species from Nghe An Province, in Central Vietnam is described and illustrated. The species is most similar to S. vestitum, S. scarbum and S. levinei but differs from the three latter in having glabrous bracts and bracteoles, sparsely scabrid flower buds and hypanthia, larger sepals and petals, longer stamens and styles. Information on phenology, ecology and distribution is provided, together with a preliminary conservation status assessment and taxonomic notes for the new species and a key to distinguish it from three hairy Syzygium species in Indochina.

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