Syzygium Gaertn.

  • Filed As

    Myrtaceae
    Syzygium

  • Collector(s)

    L. J. Brass 31091, 17 Aug 1959

  • Location

    Papua New Guinea. Eastern Highlands. Mt. Otto, south slopes.

  • Habitat

    Rocky bank of a creek in Castanopsis forest.

  • Description

    Canopy tree 20 m x 0.60 m; branchlets & petioles red; petals greenish white, filaments green. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1288303

    Occurrence ID: bef514e9-022c-4be1-93da-3a6c009a2847

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Myrtaceae

  • All Determinations

    Syzygium Gaertn. det University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands, s.d.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Papua New Guinea

  • State/Province

    Eastern Highlands

  • Locality

    Mt. Otto, south slopes

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2000 m. (6562 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -5.93865, 145.507

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    2200

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point at the ca. 2000 meter elevation contour line along the southern slopes of Mount Otto.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA
Syzygitun
Rocky bank of a creek in Castanopsis forest;
canopy tree 20 m x .60 m.; hranchlets &
petioles red; petals greenish white, filaments
green.
Eastern Highlands District: Mt. Otto, south slopes, alt. 2000 m.
L. J. Brass, no. 31091_August 17. 1959
Collected on the Sixth Archbold Expedition sponsored by the American
Museum of Natural History with the cud of a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
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