Syzygium abortivum (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Soh, Wuu-Kuang & Parnell, John, 2015, A revision of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae) in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam), Adansonia 37 (2), pp. 179-275 : 189-190

1. Syzygium abortivum (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 19: 101 (1938); P.H.Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam (Câyco Viêtnam) 2: 45, fig. 3722 (1992); K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 900 (2003); M.F.Newman et al., A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR: 244 (2007). — Eugenia abortiva Gagnep., Notulae Systematicae 3: 316 (1917); Gagnep. in Lecomte, Flore générale de l’Indochine 2: 802, fig. 86 (1920). — Type: Laos, Viangchan [Vien-chang, Vien-tiane], fl., Thorel s.n. [2245] (lecto-, P![P00589305], here designated; isolecto-, P![P00589306]). — Remaining former syntypes: Laos, between Xiengkuoang and Pak-lay, fl., Thorel s.n. [2245] (P!); Thailand, Lakhon Nakhon Panom, fl., Thorel s.n. [2245] (P![P00589304]) (see Note).

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Laos. d’Alleizette s.n. (L).

Vietnam. Thua Thien-Hue: Hue, 1927, I-V, Squires 106 (A, K) . Huong Phu, 4.IX.1980, Thai Thuan 735 ( HN) ; Mt. Bach Ma, 27.VII.1943, Vidal 795A (L, P). — sin. loc., Anon. HLF 1606 ( HN) .

DISTRIBUTION. — Burma, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam ( Fig. 3 ).

ECOLOGY OR HABITAT. — Primary forest, near waterfall.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — IUCN Regional (Indochina) Status: Data Deficient ( DD).

PHENOLOGY. — Flowering:July, September. Fruiting: not documented.

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Vietnam:Ruri (Thua Thien-Hue),Tram lac thai.

DESCRIPTION

Tree small. Glabrous.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Distribution of Syzygium abortivum (Gagnep.) Merr. & L.M.Perry (), Syzygium acuminatissimum DC. () and Syzygium angkae (Craib) P.Chantar. & J.Parn. () in Indochina.