Syzygium sayeri

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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{{Speciesbox

|name = Pink satinash

|image = Syzygium-sayeri-flowers-ALA.jpg

|image_caption = Flowers

|status = LC

|status_system = QLDNCA

|status_ref = {{R|DESQLD}}

|status2 = LC

|status2_system = IUCN3.1

|status2_ref = {{R|IUCN}}

|genus = Syzygium

|species = sayeri

|authority = (F.Muell.) B.Hyland{{R|APNI|POWO}}

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|synonyms =

  • Eugenia sayeri {{au|F.Muell.}}
  • Syzygium dictyophlebium {{au|Merr. & L.M.Perry}}

|synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}}

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Syzygium sayeri, commonly known as pink satinash, is a plant in the family Myrtaceae which is native to northeastern Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea.

Description

Syzygium sayeri is a large tree growing up to {{cvt|35|m}} tall with flaky bark and buttress roots.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by the Queensland botanist Bernard Hyland in 1983, and published in the Australian Journal of Botany.{{R|APNI}}

=Etymology=

The species epithet sayeri is in honour of the Australian naturalist William A. Sayer who collected the type specimen.{{R|COOPER2}}

Distribution and habitat

The native range of the pink satinash is from the area around Rossville southwards as far as the Paluma Range National Park, including the Atherton Tableland. It grows in well developed rainforest on various soils, often near watercourses, at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|800|m}}.{{R|RFK|COOPER2}}

Gallery

File:Syzygium-sayeri-SF22210-01.jpg|Foliage

File:Syzygium-sayeri-SF22210-02.jpg|Leaf, showing long "drip tip"

File:Syzygium-sayeri-SF22210-03.jpg|Underside of leaf

File:Syzygium-sayeri-SF22210-04.jpg|Trunk

File:Syzygium-sayeri-illustration-ALA.jpg|Botanical sketch

References

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{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=16052 |title=Species profile—Syzygium sayeri |year=2022 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=1 April 2023}}

{{cite iucn |author=Jimbo, T. |year=2022 |title=Syzygium sayeri |volume=2022 |page=e.T198695303A202837569 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198695303A202837569.en |access-date=1 April 2023}}

{{cite web |url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/64837 |title=Syzygium sayeri |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=1 April 2023}}

{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:913390-1 |title=Syzygium sayeri (F.Muell.) B.Hyland |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=1 April 2023}}

{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Syzygium_sayeri.htm |title=Syzygium sayeri |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government |access-date=1 April 2023}}

{{Cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Wendy |last2=Cooper |first2=William T. |author-link2=William T. Cooper |date=June 2004 |title=Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest |publication-place=Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia |publisher=Nokomis Editions |isbn=978-0958174213 |url=https://www.nokomis.com.au/product/nokomis-published-books/fruits-australian-tropical-rainforest/ |page=370}}

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