Syzygium effusum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Syzygium
Species:
S. effusum
Binomial name
Syzygium effusum
(A.Gray) Müll.Berol. (1858)
Synonyms[2]
  • Eugenia effusa A.Gray (1854)
  • Eugenia nivifera Greves (1923)
  • Eugenia sylvana Ridl. (1916)
  • Jambosa arfakensis Gibbs (1917)
  • Syzygium doctersii Merr. & L.M.Perry (1942)
  • Syzygium leucoderme Diels (1922)
  • Syzygium niviferum (Greves) Merr. & L.M.Perry (1942)
  • Syzygium obtusum Merr. & L.M.Perry (1942)
  • Syzygium sylvanum (Ridl.) Merr. & L.M.Perry (1942)

Syzygium effusum is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is a tree native to Fiji, New Guinea, the Santa Cruz Islands, and the Solomon Islands.[2]

In New Guinea Syzygium effusum grows in both lowland and montane forests, from sea level up to 2,800 meters elevation.[3] the upper Ok Tedi watershed in the highlands of New Guinea Syzygium effusum is, with Syzygium versteegii, the most common canopy species in primary lower montane rain forest above 1000 meters elevation, accompanied by the trees Buchanania macrocarpa, Campnosperma brevipetiolatum, Caldcluvia nymannii, Pimeleodendron amboinicum, Planchonella and Calophyllum species.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2018. Syzygium effusum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T135894007A135894009. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T135894007A135894009.en. Accessed 6 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 Syzygium effusum (A.Gray) Müll.Berol. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Kelat (Syzygium effusum). International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Venter, Fanie; Arihafa, Arison (2015). "Chapter 2 Vascular plants". In Richards, Stephen J.; Whitmore, Nathan (eds.). A rapid biodiversity assessment of Papua New Guinea's Hindenburg Wall region (PDF). Goroka, PNG.: Wildlife Conservation Society Papua New Guinea Program. pp. 14–43. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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