Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Eugenia jambos L., Sp. Pl. 1: 470. 1753. (as Jambos)

• Homotypic
  • Caryophyllus jambos (L.) Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 73. 1812. (as Caryophyllus Jambos)
  • Myrtus jambos (L.) Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6(25): 144. 1823. (as Myrtus Jambos)
  • Jambosa jambos (L.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(1): 80. 1900. (as Jambosa Jambos)
  • Plinia jambos (L.) M.Gómez, Fl. Haban. 292; cf. Maza & Roig, Fl. Cuba (Bol. Secr. Agric. Comerc. Trab.,Cuba, No. 22) 51. 1914, in syn.

• Heterotypic
  • Jambosa vulgaris DC., Prod. (de Candolle) 3: 286. 1828.
  • Syzygium jambos var. linearilimbum Hung T. Chang & R. H. Miao, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4: 17. 1982.

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. 1823. Myrtaceae. Pp. 129–152 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 6 (quarto ed.). Apud Gide filium, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Myrtaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 576–608. BHL Reference page. 

• Barrie, F.R. 2007. Myrtaceae. Pp. 728–784 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VI, Dicotiledóneas (Haloragaceae–Phytolaccaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-60-3. Reference page. 

• Chen Jie & Craven, L.A. 2007. Myrtaceae. Pp. 321–359 in Wu Zhengyi, Raven, P.H. & Hong Deyuan (eds.), Flora of China, Vol. 13, Clusiaceae through Araliaceae. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-59-7. PDF Online Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Syzygium jambos. Published online. Accessed 24 March 2018.

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Syzygium jambos in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 03 30.

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Syzygium jambos in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2018-03-24.

• Hassler, M. 2018. Syzygium jambos. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 June 22.

• Tropicos.org 2018. Syzygium jambos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 24 March 2018.