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Syzygium aromaticum Merr. & L. M. Perry

  • 1. Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK

Description

Caryophyllus aromaticus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 515. 1753.

"Habitat in Moluccis solo aridissimo." RCN: 3884.

Lectotype (McVaugh in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 5: 528. 1989): Herb. Clifford: 207, Caryophyllus 1 (BM-000628747).

Generitype of Caryophyllus Linnaeus, nom. rej.

Current name: Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry (Myrtaceae).

Note: Caryophyllus Linnaeus, nom. rej. in favour of Syzygium Gaertn.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), pp. 370-473 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 391, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BM
Family
Loganiaceae
Genus
Syzygium
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
BM-000628747
Order
Gentianales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Merr. & L. M. Perry
Species
aromaticum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Syzygium aromaticum (Linnaeus, 1753) sec. Jarvis, 2007