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150-year records gap on Sulawesi ends with 5 new species in the world's largest tree genus

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EurekAlert

Publication Date
2017-06-19

It seemed rather unusual that the largest tree genus, Syzygium, containing over 1500 species, was only represented by about a dozen of records on the biodiversity-rich island of Sulawesi, the latest new species description dating back to the mid-19th century.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/pp-1rg061917.php