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Syzygium onesimum (Syzygium onesimum)

Description

Syzygium onesimum is a myrtle plant species described by Elmer Drew Merrill and Lily May Perry . Syzygium onesimum is included in the genus Syzygium and the family myrtle plants . Syzygium is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200–1800 species,[3][4] and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific.[5] Its highest levels of diversity occur from Malaysia to northeastern Australia, where many species are very poorly known and many more have not been described taxonomically.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Myrtaceae

              • Genus: Syzygium