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December 2024

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Areca catechu L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1189 (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-0000262000.

Synonyms of Areca catechu L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Areca cathechu Burm.f. Fl. Indica : 241 (1768) wfo-0000262011
Areca faufel Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 19 (1788) wfo-0000262240
Areca himalayana Griff. ex H.Wendl. Palmiers : 231 (1878) wfo-0000262417
Areca hortensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 568 (1790) wfo-0000262437
Areca macrocarpa Becc. Philipp. J. Sci., C 4: 601 (1909) wfo-0000262717
Areca nigra Giseke ex H.Wendl. Palmiers : 231 (1878) wfo-0000262902
Sublimia areca Comm. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 169 (1838) wfo-0000317567
Areca catechu var. nigra Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. : 73 (1792) wfo-0000923388
Areca catechu var. alba Blume Rumphia 2: 68 (1839) wfo-0000923389
Areca catechu var. batanensis Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 3: 304 (1908) wfo-0000923390
Areca catechu var. longicarpa Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 6: 229 (1911) wfo-0000923391
Areca catechu var. silvatica Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 304 (1919) wfo-0000923392
Areca catechu f. communis Becc. Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 304 (1919) wfo-0000923393