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Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth.

This species name was first published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4(Suppl.): 111 (1860)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000186905.

Synonyms of Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Galedupa elliptica (Wall.) Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 242 (1832) wfo-0000184574
Pongamia elliptica Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 20 (1832) wfo-0000184575
Derris elliptica var. elliptica wfo-0000200304
Deguelia elliptica (Wall.) Taub. Bot. Centralbl. 47: 386 (1891) wfo-0000205302
Galactia termimaliflora Blanco wfo-0000206762
Pongamia volubilis Zoll. & Moritzi Syst. Verz. Java : 3 (1846) wfo-0000206766
Nothoderris purpurea Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 149 (1855) wfo-0000381522
Nothoderris glaucescens Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 149 (1855) wfo-0000381523
Nothoderris elliptica (Wall.) Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 148 (1855) wfo-0000381524
Pongamia dubia Graham Numer. List : n.° 5899 (1831) wfo-0000468341
Pongamia horsfieldii Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 149 (1855) wfo-0000468499
Pongamia hypoleuca Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 148 (1855) wfo-0000468504
Pongamia grandiflora Vent. Jard. Malmaison : t. 28 (1803) wfo-0000468505
Dalbergia elliptica Span. Linnaea 15: 197 (1841) wfo-0000637028
Galedupa grandiflora Juss. ex Vent. Jard. Malmaison : t. 28 (1803) wfo-0000693738
Pterocarpus ellipticus (Wall.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 203 (1891) wfo-0001060880
Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) Adema Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 28: 11 (2000) wfo-0001273192
Derris elliptica var. glaucophylla (Miq.) Kaneh. & Hatus. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 56: 364 (1942) wfo-0001370628
Paraderris elliptica var. chittagongensis (Thoth.) Adema Blumea 48: 137 (2003) wfo-0001376518
Derris elliptica var. chittagongensis Thoth. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 195 (1961 publ. 1962) wfo-0001402832
Pongamia volubilis var. glaucophylla Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 149 (1855) wfo-1200000190
Derris elliptica var. tonkinensis Gagnep. Fl. Indo-Chine 2: 461 (1916) wfo-1200000610
Millettia elliptica (Wall.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 146 (1841) wfo-1200001600
Dalbergia glaucescens Zipp. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 149 (1855) wfo-1200022623
Dalbergia purpurea Reinw. ex Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 53 (1842) wfo-1200022628