Syzygium tierneyanum
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use Australian English |date=November 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=January 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = River cherry
|image = Syzygium-tierneyanum-SF22318-01.jpg
|image_caption = Growing on the Cairns Esplanade, November 2022
|status = LC
|status_system = QLDNCA
|status_ref = {{R|DESQLD}}
|taxon = Syzygium tierneyanum
|authority = (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & L.M.Perry{{R|APNI|POWO}}
|range_map = Syzygium-tierneyanum-distribution-map.png
|range_map_caption =
|synonyms =
{{Specieslist
|Eugenia tierneyana |F.Muell.
|Jambosa tierneyana |(F.Muell.) Diels
|Eugenia theodori-wolfii |Domin
|Jambosa floribunda |Diels
|Syzygium floribundum |K.Schum. & Lauterb.
|Syzygium lauterbachianum |Merr. & L.M.Perry
|Syzygium lauterbachianum var. phaeophloium |Merr. & L.M.Perry
}}
|synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}}
}}
Syzygium tierneyanum, commonly known as river cherry, water cherry, or Bamaga satinash, is a tree in the family Myrtaceae which is native to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and north east Queensland.{{R|POWO|RFK}} It often grows along watercourses where it is a facultative rheophyte.{{R|RFK}}
Taxonomy
The river cherry was first described as Eugenia tierneyana in 1865 by Ferdinand von Mueller. It was reviewed and given its current binomial name in 1973 by Thomas Gordon Hartley and Lily May Perry.{{R|POWO}}
Conservation
This species is listed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science as least concern.{{R|DESQLD}} {{As of|2022|11|13}}, it has not been assessed by the IUCN.
Cultivation
This species has been widely planted as a park and street tree in the city of Cairns, Queensland.{{R|TREEPLOTTER}}
Gallery
File:Syzygium tierneyanum 239615203.jpg
File:Syzygium tierneyanum 30916737.jpg
File:Syzygium-tierneyanum-SF22317-301.jpg
File:Syzygium tierneyanum 243077591.jpg
References
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{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=16054 |title=Species profile—Syzygium tierneyanum (river cherry) |year=2022 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=13 November 2022}}
{{cite web |url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/64878 |title=Syzygium tierneyanum |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=13 November 2022}}
{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:602327-1 |title=Syzygium tierneyanum (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & L.M.Perry |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=13 November 2022}}
{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Syzygium_tierneyanum.htm |title=Syzygium tierneyanum |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=13 November 2022}}
}}
External links
- {{Wikispecies-inline |Syzygium tierneyanum |Syzygium tierneyanum}}
- {{Commons category-inline |Syzygium tierneyanum |Syzygium tierneyanum}}
- [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Syzygium+tierneyanum#tab_mapView View a map] of historical sightings of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- [https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=418395 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist
- [https://flickriver.com/search/Syzygium+tierneyanum View images] of this species on Flickriver
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Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
Category:Taxa named by Thomas Gordon Hartley
Category:Taxa named by Lily May Perry