ABSTRACT
Lamarck called this small tree Sideroxylon punctatum in 1794, thus placing it in the wrong family. It was not until 1969 that Cyrus Longworth Lundell (1907-1994) discovered the problem and moved it to Rapanea. The number of species in the genus is not clear as Mabberley (1997) considers it part of Myrsine, as have most other recent biologists.
