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. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 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, J. & Craven, L.A. 2007. Myrtaceae. Pp. 321–359 in Wu, Z.-Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (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 Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 03 30. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Syzygium jambos in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-03-24.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Syzygium jambos. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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 online. Accessed: 2018 June 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Syzygium jambos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 March 2018.