Syzygium aqueum

Syzygium aqueum

Syzygium aqueum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Syzygieae
Genus: Syzygium
Subgenus: S. subg. Syzygium
Sectio: S. sect. Jambosa
Species: Syzygium aqueum

Name

Syzygium aqueum (Burm.f.) Alston (1929)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Eugenia aquea Burm.f., Fl. Ind. 114. 1768.

• Homotypic
  • Cerocarpus aqueus (Burm.f.) Hassk., Flora 25(2, Beibl.): 36. 1842.
  • Jambosa aquea (Burm.f.) DC., Prodr. 3: 288. 1828.
  • Malidra aquea (Burm.f.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 107. 1838.

• Heterotypic
  • Eugenia callophylla (Miq.) Reinw. ex de Vriese, Pl. Ind. Bat. Orient.: 69. 1856.
  • Eugenia javanica Lam. in Encycl. 3: 200 (1789)
  • Eugenia nodiflora Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 140. 1775.
  • Eugenia obversa Miq., Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 3: 18. 1850.
  • Jambosa calophylla Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 423. 1855.
  • Jambosa javanica (Lam.) K.Schum. & Lauterb. in Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 470 (1900)
  • Jambosa madagascariensis Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 103 (1850)
  • Jambosa subsessilis Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 309. 1861.
  • Jambosa timorensis Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 97. 1850.
  • Myrtus javanica (Lam.) Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1084 (1826)
  • Syzygium javanicum (Lam.) Masam. in Enum. Phanerog. Born.: 530 (1942), nom. illeg.
  • Syzygium obversum (Miq.) Masam., Enum. Phan. Born.: 535. 1942.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asia-tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera Continental:Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Regional: Australia Queensland Introduced into: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Laos, Marianas, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Alston, A.H.G. 1929: Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens 11: 204.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• (2019). https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.427.2.2/38099. epublication.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Syzygium aqueum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov 17. Reference page. 
• The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov 17.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Syzygium aqueum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Water Cherry, Watery Rose Apple
suomi: Vesijambolaani
Bahasa Indonesia: Jambu air

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