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Psidium cattleyanum Sabine

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Psidium cattleyanum Sabine, 4: 317, Pl. XI (1821)
Psidium cattleyanum Sabine

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Sabine
Sabine
1821
317, Pl. XI
Cattleianum
Named for William Cattley. Epithet correctable to "cattleyanum" in accordance with Melbourne ICN Art. 60.7 and Ex.17
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Psidium cattleyanum Sabine
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Psidium cattleyanum

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cattleyanum

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Psidium cattleyanum Sabine

Large shrub or small tree to 6 m high. Trunk smooth, pale brown. Shoots terete or subterete, puberulent when young. Petioles 7-10 mm long, puberulent. Lamina 4-8 × 2.5-4.5 cm, obovate, ciliolate toward base of margins and midrib, at least when young, otherwise glabrous, dotted with glands beneath, glossy and dark green above; lateral veins fairly conspicuous in dried material but not impressed or markedly raised; base cuneate, often narrowly so; apex usually obtuse, sometimes rounded. Fls solitary, often produced in nearly all axils of upper lvs; pedicels 7-10 mm long, puberulent, jointed near apex with very small, caducous, ovate bracteoles. Hypanthium and calyx limb glandular-punctate; lobes usually 5, 3-4 mm long. Petals c. 5 mm long, elliptic, white, ± glandular-punctate. Stamens > petals. Style c. 4 mm long, stout. Fr. ± globose, c. 2 cm diam., becoming dark purple, occasionally yellow; flesh usually purple, occasionally whitish, sweet. Seeds numerous.

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Psidium cattleyanum Sabine
Psidium cattleianum Sabine
Psidium cattleyanum Sabine
Psidium cattleyanum Sabine
Psidium cattleianum Sabine
Psidium cattleyanum Sabine
Psidium cattleyanum Sabine
Psidium cattleianum Sabine

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Psidium cattleyanum Sabine
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This plant was described in an article by William Cattley, Account of a new Psidium. In a letter to the Secretary, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 4: 315–316. Following this letter was a "Note by the Secretary, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 4: 316–317, and an engraving by "Mr. Hooker". The note by the secretary contained further description, referenced the plate, and concluded with "the name of Psidium Cattleianum has been affixed to the figure". The Secretary, deduced from the authority for the name, and from items in the contents pages, was Joseph Sabine.

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65b5d33a-82c9-4357-88bd-0dd54d220318
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1 January 2000
8 March 2021
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