Syzygium pyneei (Myrtaceae), a new critically endangered endemic species from Mauritius

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 05 Feb 2015Publisher:Pensoft PublishersJournal:PhytoKeys, volume 46, pages 61-66 (issn: 1314-2011, eissn: 1314-2003,

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Authors: Byng,James; Florens,Vincent; Baider,Claudia;

doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.46.9039

pmid: 25878549

pmc: PMC4391957

Syzygium pyneei (Myrtaceae), a new critically endangered endemic species from Mauritius

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A new species of Syzygium Gaertn. (Myrtaceae), Syzygiumpyneei Byng, V. Florens & Baider, is described from Mondrain Reserve on the island of Mauritius. This species is endemic to the island and differs from any other species by its combination of cauliflory, relatively large flowers, light green to cream hypanthium, light pink stamens, short thick petioles, coriaceous leaves and round, cuneate or sub-cordate to cordate leaf bases. Syzygiumpyneei Byng, V. Florens & Baider is known from only two individuals from the type locality and merits the conservation status of Critically Endangered (CR C2a(i,ii); D).

Related Organizations

University of Mauritius
Mauritius
Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security
Mauritius
University of Aberdeen
United Kingdom
Royal Botanic Gardens
United Kingdom

Keywords

Myrtaceae, Syzygium, Myrtales, Botany, SyzygiumSyzygiumPlantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, QK1-989, endemic, Mascarenes, Plantae, MyrtaceaeMyrtaceae, Research Article

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