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Mussaenda frondosa L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 177 (1753)  

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-0000246564.

Synonyms of Mussaenda frondosa L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mussaenda belilla Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 203 (1824) wfo-0000246480
Mussaenda dovinia Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 203 (1824) wfo-0000246535
Mussaenda flavescens Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 203 (1824) wfo-0000246557
Mussaenda formosa L. Mant. Pl. 1: 45 (1767) wfo-0000246559
Mussaenda fruticosa L. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. : 168 (1767) wfo-0000246570
Mussaenda ingrata Wall. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 89 (1880) wfo-0000246607
Mussaenda macrophylla Kurz Forest Fl. Burma 2: 57 (1877) wfo-0000246658
Mussaenda sericea Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 986 (1826) wfo-0000246771
Mussaenda sumatrensis Roth Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 250 (1819) wfo-0000246789
Mussaenda zollingeriana Klotzsch Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1853: 500 (1853) wfo-0000246829
Gardenia frondosa (L.) Lam. Encycl. 2: 608 (1788) wfo-0000970923