Genus Acmena DC.

Usually considered a synonym of Syzygium P. Browne ex Gaertn.


Summary
Genus number:
105
Last updated:
13 October 2009
Family:
Myrtaceae
Subfamily:
Myrtoideae
Tribe:
Syzygieae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Biffin, E. et al. 2006. Molecular systematics of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae): evidence from the chloroplast genome. Taxon 55:79-94. Note: molecular evidence supports its inclusion in a more broadly defined Syzygium
  2. Chantaranothai P. & J. Parnell. 1994. A revision of Acmena, Cleistocalyx, Eugenia s.s. and Syzygium (Myrtaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 21:1-123. Note: accepts
  3. Govaerts, R. et al. 2008. World checklist of Myrtaceae
  4. Guymer, G. P. & B. P. M. Hyland. 1988. A name change in the genus Acmena DC. (Myrtaceae). Muelleria 6:437-438. Note: accepts
  5. Harrington, M. G. & P. A. Gadek. 2004. Molecular systematics of the Acmena alliance (Myrtaceae): phylogenetic analyses and evolutionary implications with reference to Australian taxa. Austral. Syst. Bot. 17:63-72.
  6. Hartley, T. G. & L. A. Craven. 1977. A revision of the Papuasian species of Acmena (Myrtaceae). J. Arnold Arbor. 58:325-342. Note: accepts
  7. Hyland, B. P. M. 1983. A revision of Syzygium and allied genera (Myrtaceae) in Australia. Austral. J. Bot. suppl. ser., 9:1-164. Note: accepts
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=105. Accessed 1 May 2026.