Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels, 1912

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 688

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Myrtus cumini Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 471. 1753 View Cited Treatment .

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 3608.

Lectotype (Kostermans in Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 34: 134. 1981; Verdcourt in Beentje, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Myrtaceae : 72. 2001): Herb. Hermann 1: 45, No. 185, right specimen (BM-000621389) .

Current name: Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels ( Myrtaceae ).

Note: The earliest type choice appears to be that of Kostermans who designated material in Herb. Hermann 1: 41 ( BM) as the type. Presumably unaware of this, Scott (in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 92: 40. 1990) designated 637.10 (LINN) as type, but Parnell & Chantaranothai (in Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 21: 57. 1994) pointed out that this collection is not identifiable as S. cumini . Verdcourt subsequently restricted the type choice to one of the two collections on Hermann’s sheet.