Syzygium grandifolium Mansibang & Pelser, 2021

Pelser, P. B., Brambach, F., Mansibang, J., Schaefer, H., Kiew, R. & Barcelona, J. F., 2021, New combinations and names for some Philippine vascular plants, Blumea 66 (1), pp. 96-100 : 98

Syzygium grandifolium Mansibang & Pelser , nom. nov.

Eugenia megalophylla Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 27 (1925) 42. — Syzygium megistophyllum Merr. (1951) 402, nom. illeg., non Syzygium megistophyllum Merr. & L.M.Perry (1942) 279. — Lectotype (designated here): Loher 13596 (lecto M0170998; isolecto A, PNH lost, UC), Philippines, Luzon, Tayabas [now Quezon] Prov., Umiray region, May 1915.

Distribution — Philippines (Luzon).

2.6. Oleaceae

2.6.1. New combination in Chionanthus

Asian species previously classified in Linociera Sw. ex Schreb. and Mayepea Aubl. are currently placed in either Chionanthus D.Royen or Olea Tourn. ex L. ( Stearn 1976). However, a Philippine species described by Merrill in Mayepea and later transferred by him to Linociera has thus far escaped these taxonomic changes. Linociera racemosa (Merr.) Merr. has a corolla with petals that are divided to the base, which is typical for Chionanthus ( Kiew 1979) and should therefore be placed in that genus instead of in Olea . It is distinct from other Philippine Chionanthus species in its white twigs, small pale leaves with a short thickened petiole that dries grey or white, and its short spicate inflorescences.