tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407147988538119714.post177989546049929456..comments2023-09-14T00:46:21.225-07:00Comments on Jardim Formoso: More on Angophora floribundaGerald Luckhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09057539968667536830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407147988538119714.post-32262712636647813252009-03-13T01:31:00.000-07:002009-03-13T01:31:00.000-07:00Just off to work - will reply later.GeraldJust off to work - will reply later.<BR/><BR/>GeraldGerald Luckhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09057539968667536830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407147988538119714.post-60245714166675110912009-03-13T01:07:00.000-07:002009-03-13T01:07:00.000-07:00That illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine...That illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine is most certainly of Syzygium smithii,still known to most as Acmena smithii. Syzygium (Waterhousea)floribundum has longer narrower leaves with undulate margins,and the fruit are typically pale creamy green when ripe.<BR/><BR/>The endless re-shuffling of botanical names is exhausting, and the "collapsing " of Acmena,Acmenosperma,Cleistocalyx and Waterhousea back into Syzygium seems ,for most practical horticultural work,superfluous. There is a beautiful,rare tree known as Aniseed Myrtle or Ringwood,which started out in genus Backhousia, became the monotypic Anetholea,and has now been renamed as Syzygium anisatum. The fruit are dry and woody while all other Australian Syzygium are fleshy...<BR/><BR/>Now those ratbag taxonomists have returned Callistemon into the genus Melaleuca!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com