Syzygium aqueum

Syzygium aqueum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Syzygieae
Genus: Syzygium
Subgenus: S. subg. Syzygium
Sectio: S. sect. Jambosa
Species: Syzygium aqueum

Name

Syzygium aqueum (Burm.f.) Alston (1929)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Eugenia aquea Burm.f., Fl. Ind. 114. 1768.

• Homotypic
  • Cerocarpus aqueus (Burm.f.) Hassk., Flora 25(2, Beibl.): 36. 1842.
  • Jambosa aquea (Burm.f.) DC., Prodr. 3: 288. 1828.
  • Malidra aquea (Burm.f.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 107. 1838.

• Heterotypic
  • Eugenia alba Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 493. 1832.
  • Eugenia callophylla (Miq.) Reinw. ex de Vriese, Pl. Ind. Bat. Orient.: 69. 1856.
  • Eugenia malaccensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 306. 1790, nom. illeg.
  • Eugenia mindanaensis C.B.Rob., Philipp. J. Sci., C 4: 363. 1909.
  • Eugenia nodiflora Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 140. 1775.
  • Eugenia obversa Miq., Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 3: 18. 1850.
  • Jambosa alba (Roxb.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 868. 1832.
  • Jambosa ambigua Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 96. 1850.
  • Jambosa calophylla Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 423. 1855.
  • Jambosa madagascariensis Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 103. 1850.
  • Jambosa obtusissima (Blume) DC., Prodr. 3: 287. 1828.
  • Jambosa subsessilis Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 309. 1861.
  • Jambosa timorensis Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 97. 1850.
  • Myrtus obtusissima Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1086. 1826.
  • Myrtus timorensis Zipp. ex Span., Linnaea 15: 204. 1841.
  • Syzygium obversum (Miq.) Masam., Enum. Phan. Born.: 535. 1942.

References

• Alston, A.H.G. 1929: Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens 11: 204.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Syzygium aqueum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov 17. Reference page. 
• The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Nov 17.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Syzygium aqueum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Water Cherry, Watery Rose Apple
suomi: Vesijambolaani
Bahasa Indonesia: Jambu air

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