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Acmena
Sign in to saveAcmena was formerly the name of a genus of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. The genus was first formally described in 1828 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMyrtaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 55
- With media
- 52
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Collections
- BRIT, A, MU
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Australia
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Acmena was formerly the name of a genus of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. The genus was first formally described in 1828 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.
The species included: Acmena divaricata, now a synonym of Syzygium divaricatum (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Craven & Biffin Acmena graveolens, now a synonym of Syzygium graveolens (F.M.Bailey) Craven & Biffin Acmena hemilampra, now a synonym of Syzygium hemilamprum (F.Muell.) Craven & Biffin Acmena ingens, now a synonym of Syzygium ingens (F.Muell. ex C.Moore) Craven & Biffin Acmena macrocarpa, now a synonym of Syzygium graveolens (F.M.Bailey) Craven & Biffin Acmena resa, now a synonym of Syzygium resa (B.Hyland) Craven & Biffin Acmena smithii, now a synonym of Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acmena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.