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Syzygium (bush cherry)

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae

Taxonomy
Syzygium was named by Browne and Gaertner (1788). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Myrtaceae by Browne and Gaertner (1788), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Prasad (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Syzygium Browne and Gaertner
1976Syzygium Lakhanpal et al.
1991Syzygium Chauhan
1991Syzygium Srivastava
1996Syzygium Liu et al.
2008Syzygium Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyMyrtaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusSyzygiumBrowne and Gaertner 1788

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Syzygium Browne and Gaertner 1788 [bush cherry]
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Syzygium kachchhense Lakhanpal and Guleria 1981
Syzygium miocenicum Prasad and Prakash 1984
Syzygium miooccidentalis Prasad et al. 1999
Syzygium palaeobractiatum Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
Syzygium palaeocuminii Prasad and Awasthi 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available