A Revision of Syzygium and Allied Genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia

Abstract

This study shows that [I ve genera are represented in Australia. Acmena: seven species and one subspecies, including two new species, A. mackinnoniana and A. resa, and one new subspecies, A. hemilampra subsp. orophila. Acmenosperma: two species, including one new species, A. pringlei. Eugenia: one species. Syzygium: 52 species and three subspecies, including 16 new species, S. alatoramulum, S. alliiligneum, S. argyropedicum, S. bamagense, S. boonjee, S. canicortex, S. dansiei, S. endophloium, S. macilwraithianum, S. papyraceum, S. pseudoJastigiatum, S. rubrimolle, S. sharonae, S. velae, S. wesa, S. xerampelinum, and one new subspecies, S. forte subsp. potamophilum; 23 new combinations also made. Waterhousea gen. nov.: four species, including two new species, W. mulgraveana and W. unipunctata; two new combinations also made.