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samarangense

Taxon

Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Protologue J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 115. 1938BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Syzygium samarangense--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 294.jpg

Syzygium samarangense--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 6 Apr 03. 294.jpg

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Syzygium samarangense--South Africa. Durban Botanical Garden. 30 Jan 09. 306.jpg

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Syzygium samarangense--South Africa. Durban Botanical Garden. 30 Jan 09. 314.jpg

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Syzygium samarangense--South Africa. Durban Botanical Garden. 30 Jan 09. 302.jpg

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Syzygium samarangense--South Africa. Durban Botanical Garden. 30 Jan 09. 304.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Syzygium samarangense--South Africa. Durban Botanical Garden. 30 Jan 09. 308.jpg

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Syzygium samarangense--South Africa. Durban Botanical Garden. 30 Jan 09. 313.jpg

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Syzygium samarangense--South Africa. Durban Botanical Garden. 30 Jan 09. 300.jpg

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Syzygium samarangense--South Africa. Durban Botanical Garden. 30 Jan 09. 303.jpg

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Syzygium samarangense--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 098.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Syzygium samarangense--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 024.jpg

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Syzygium samarangense--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 023.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Thailand, Vanuatu; introduced into Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Guatemala, Laos, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mauritius, Niue, Panamá, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Garden no. 63139A

April 6, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

November 24, 2002

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

January 30, 2009

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Syzygium

Specific Epithet

samarangense

Authorship

(Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#160,942 of 335,497

Top 48%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →