Myrtus cumini Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 471. 1753. "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.

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 688, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971