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Metroxylon sagu Rottb.

This species name was first published in Nye Saml. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 2: 527 (1783)  

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-0000242653.

Synonyms of Metroxylon sagu Rottb.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Metroxylon hermaphroditum Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 9: 175 (1842) wfo-0000242640
Metroxylon inerme Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3(ed. 2): 215 (1845) wfo-0000242641
Metroxylon laeve (Giseke) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 215 (1838) wfo-0000242642
Metroxylon longispinum (Giseke) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 216 (1838) wfo-0000242643
Metroxylon micracanthum Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 216 (1838) wfo-0000242644
Metroxylon oxybracteatum Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee : 202 (1900) wfo-0000242648
Metroxylon rumphii (Willd.) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 214 (1838) wfo-0000242651
Metroxylon sago K.D.Koenig Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 193 (1804) wfo-0000242652
Metroxylon sagu f. longispinum (Giseke) Rauwerd. Principes 30: 175 (1986) wfo-0000242654
Metroxylon sagu f. micracanthum (Mart.) Rauwerd. Principes 30: 175 (1986) wfo-0000242655
Metroxylon sagu f. tuberatum Rauwerd. Principes 30: 175 (1986) wfo-0000242657
Metroxylon squarrosum Becc. Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 12(2): 182 (1918) wfo-0000242659
Metroxylon sylvestre (Giseke) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3(ed. 2): 215 (1845) wfo-0000242660
Sagus americana Poir. Encycl. 6: 395 (1805) wfo-0000300046
Sagus genuina Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. : 94 (1792) wfo-0000300051
Sagus inermis Roxb. Hort. Bengal. : 68 (1814) wfo-0000300055
Sagus koenigii Griff. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 19 (1845) wfo-0000300056
Sagus laevis Jack App. Descr. Malayan Pl. 3: 9 (1821) wfo-0000300057
Sagus longispina (Giseke) Blume Rumphia 2: 154 (1843) wfo-0000300058
Sagus micracantha (Mart.) Blume Rumphia 2: 153 (1843) wfo-0000300059
Sagus rumphii Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 404 (1805) wfo-0000300067
Sagus sagu (Rottb.) H.Karst. Ill. Repert. Pharm.-Med. Bot. : 412 (1886) wfo-0000300068
Sagus spinosa Roxb. Hort. Bengal. : 68 (1814) wfo-0000300069
Sagus sylvestris (Giseke) Blume Rumphia 2: 153 (1843) wfo-0000300070
Sagus laevis Giseke wfo-0001316837
Sagus longispina Giseke wfo-0001316838
Sagus sylvestris Giseke wfo-0001316839
Sagus genuina unranked laevis Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. : 94 (1792) wfo-1200031724
Sagus genuina unranked longispina Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. : 94 (1792) wfo-1200031725
Sagus genuina unranked sylvestris Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. : 94 (1792) wfo-1200031726