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Ricinus communis L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1007 (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-0000297077.

Literature

Synonyms of Ricinus communis L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ricinus africanus Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 5 1768 wfo-0000297067
Ricinus angulatus Thunb. Ricin. 6 1815 wfo-0000297069
Ricinus armatus Andr. Bot. Repos. 6: t. 430 1805 — wfo-0000297071
Ricinus atropurpureus Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. IV, 147, IX: 126 1919 — wfo-0000297072
Ricinus badius Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 2: 21 1829 wfo-0000297073
Ricinus borboniensis Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. IV, 147, IX: 126 1919 — wfo-0000297074
Ricinus cambodgensis Benary Gartenflora 36: 102 1887 wfo-0000297075
Ricinus communis var. aegyptiaceus (Popova) Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 40 1980 wfo-0000297078
Ricinus communis var. africanus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1019 1866 — wfo-0000297079
Ricinus communis var. amblyocalyx Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1019 1866 — wfo-0000297081
Ricinus communis f. americanus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1017 1866 — wfo-0000297082
Ricinus communis f. argentatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 34 1956 — wfo-0000297083
Ricinus communis f. argyratus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 36 1956 — wfo-0000297084
Ricinus communis var. armatus (Andr.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1018 1866 — wfo-0000297085
Ricinus communis f. atratus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(2): 32 1956 — wfo-0000297086
Ricinus communis f. atrobrunneatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 37 1956 — wfo-0000297087
Ricinus communis f. atrofulvatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 55 1956 — wfo-0000297088
Ricinus communis f. atrofuscatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 53 1956 — wfo-0000297090
Ricinus communis f. atrophoeniceus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 66 1956 — wfo-0000297091
Ricinus communis f. atropunicatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 43 1956 — wfo-0000297092
Ricinus communis f. atropurpureatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 50 1956 — wfo-0000297093
Ricinus communis f. avellanatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 56 1956 — wfo-0000297094
Ricinus communis var. badius (Rchb.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1019 1866 — wfo-0000297095
Ricinus communis var. bailundensis J.M.Coult. Bull. Soc. Portug. Sci. Nat. 1918: 82 1918 — wfo-0000297096
Ricinus communis var. benguelensis Müll.Arg. J. Bot. 1: 337 1864 — wfo-0000297097
Ricinus communis f. blumeanus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1018 1866 — wfo-0000297098
Ricinus communis var. brasiliensis Müll.Arg. Fl. Bras. 11(2): 421 1874 wfo-0000297100
Ricinus communis var. brevinodis Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 32 1980 wfo-0000297101
Ricinus communis var. caesius Popova Kulturnaya Fl. SSSR 7: 287 1941 — wfo-0000297102
Ricinus communis f. canatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 47 1956 — wfo-0000297103
Ricinus communis f. canescens T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 48 1956 — wfo-0000297104
Ricinus communis f. carneatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 44 1956 — wfo-0000297105
Ricinus communis f. cervatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 43 1956 — wfo-0000297106
Ricinus communis f. cinerascens T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 27 1956 — wfo-0000297107
Ricinus communis f. cinereatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 65 1956 — wfo-0000297108
Ricinus communis f. denudatus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297109
Ricinus communis f. epiglaucus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297112
Ricinus communis f. erythrocladus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297113
Ricinus communis f. exiguus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 68 1956 — wfo-0000297114
Ricinus communis f. fulvatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 68 1956 — wfo-0000297115
Ricinus communis f. fumatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 41 1956 — wfo-0000297116
Ricinus communis f. fuscatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 35 1956 — wfo-0000297117
Ricinus communis f. gilvus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 53 1956 — wfo-0000297118
Ricinus communis var. glaucus Popova & Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 37 1980 wfo-0000297120
Ricinus communis f. glaucus (Hoffmanns.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297121
Ricinus communis f. gracilis Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1021 1866 — wfo-0000297122
Ricinus communis var. griseofolius Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 36 1980 wfo-0000297123
Ricinus communis f. guttatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 47 1956 — wfo-0000297124
Ricinus communis f. hybridus (Besser) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297125
Ricinus communis f. incarnatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 46 1956 — wfo-0000297126
Ricinus communis var. indehiscens Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 33 1980 wfo-0000297128
Ricinus communis subsp. indicus Popova & Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 35 1980 wfo-0000297129
Ricinus communis var. inermis (Mill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. IV, 147, XI: 122 1919 — wfo-0000297130
Ricinus communis f. inermis (Mill.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1018 1866 — wfo-0000297131
Ricinus communis f. intermedius Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297132
Ricinus communis var. japonicus Popova & Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 35 1980 wfo-0000297133
Ricinus communis f. laevis (DC.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1021 1866 — wfo-0000297134
Ricinus communis var. leucocarpus (Bertol.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1018 1866 wfo-0000297135
Ricinus communis var. lividus (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1018 1866 — wfo-0000297136
Ricinus communis var. macrocarpus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 27 1956 — wfo-0000297137
Ricinus communis f. macrophyllus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297139
Ricinus communis f. maculatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 29 1956 — wfo-0000297140
Ricinus communis subsp. manshuricus V.Bork. Descr. Var. Azcherkraya 106 1936 — wfo-0000297141
Ricinus communis f. marmoreatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 40 1956 — wfo-0000297142
Ricinus communis var. megalospermus (Delile) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1017 1866 — wfo-0000297143
Ricinus communis var. mexicanus (Popova) Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 40 1980 wfo-0000297144
Ricinus communis subsp. mexicanus Popova Bukasov S.M. Vozdelyv. Rast. Meksiki 409 1931 — wfo-0000297145
Ricinus communis var. microcarpus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297146
Ricinus communis var. microspermus Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 31 1980 wfo-0000297147
Ricinus communis var. minor Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 2: 459 1824 — wfo-0000297149
Ricinus communis f. murinatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 66 1956 — wfo-0000297150
Ricinus communis var. nanus Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 38 1980 wfo-0000297151
Ricinus communis f. nigellus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 51 1956 — wfo-0000297152
Ricinus communis f. nigrescens T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 45 1956 — wfo-0000297153
Ricinus communis f. niveatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 39 1956 — wfo-0000297154
Ricinus communis f. oblongus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 31 1956 — wfo-0000297155
Ricinus communis f. obscurus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 42 1956 — wfo-0000297156
Ricinus communis f. oligacanthus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297157
Ricinus communis f. ostrinatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 58 1956 — wfo-0000297158
Ricinus communis f. pardalinus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 31 1956 — wfo-0000297160
Ricinus communis subsp. persicus Popova Kleshchevina izd. VIR 27 1930 — wfo-0000297161
Ricinus communis f. picturatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 30 1956 — wfo-0000297162
Ricinus communis f. plumbeatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 62 1956 — wfo-0000297163
Ricinus communis f. pruinosus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1017 1866 — wfo-0000297164
Ricinus communis f. pullatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 49 1956 — wfo-0000297165
Ricinus communis f. punctatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 48 1956 — wfo-0000297166
Ricinus communis f. punctulatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 61 1956 — wfo-0000297167
Ricinus communis f. punicans T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 57 1956 — wfo-0000297169
Ricinus communis f. purpurascens (Bertol.) Pax Pflanzenr. IV, 147, XI: 122 1919 — wfo-0000297170
Ricinus communis var. purpurascens (Bertol.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1018 1866 — wfo-0000297171
Ricinus communis f. radiatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 64 1956 — wfo-0000297172
Ricinus communis var. reichenbachianus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1019 1866 — wfo-0000297173
Ricinus communis var. rheedianus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297174
Ricinus communis var. roseus Popova & Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 31 1980 wfo-0000297175
Ricinus communis f. rufescens T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 55 1956 — wfo-0000297177
Ricinus communis var. rugosus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1018 1866 — wfo-0000297178
Ricinus communis f. russatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 57 1956 — wfo-0000297179
Ricinus communis f. rutilans Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1017 1866 — wfo-0000297180
Ricinus communis var. sanguineus Baill. Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 342 1861 — wfo-0000297181
Ricinus communis subsp. sanguineus Popova Kleshchevina izd. VIR 35 1930 — wfo-0000297182
Ricinus communis f. scaber (Bertol. ex Moris) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1019 1866 — wfo-0000297183
Ricinus communis f. scriptus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 59 1956 — wfo-0000297184
Ricinus communis subsp. sinensis Hiltebr. Mirov. Rast. Res. 63 1935 — wfo-0000297186
Ricinus communis f. sordidus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 33 1956 — wfo-0000297187
Ricinus communis var. speciosus (Burm.f.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1021 1866 — wfo-0000297188
Ricinus communis var. spontaneus Popova & Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 39 1980 wfo-0000297189
Ricinus communis f. stigmosus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 28 1956 — wfo-0000297190
Ricinus communis f. striatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 63 1956 — wfo-0000297191
Ricinus communis f. subpurpurascens Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297192
Ricinus communis f. subrotundus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 54 1956 — wfo-0000297193
Ricinus communis f. subviridus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1019 1866 — wfo-0000297194
Ricinus communis f. sulcatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 38 1956 — wfo-0000297195
Ricinus communis f. tigrinus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 39 1956 — wfo-0000297196
Ricinus communis f. umbrinus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 59 1956 — wfo-0000297197
Ricinus communis var. undulatus (Besser) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1021 1866 — wfo-0000297198
Ricinus communis var. vasconcellosii T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 33 1956 — wfo-0000297199
Ricinus communis f. venosus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 37 1956 — wfo-0000297200
Ricinus communis f. vinatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 52 1956 — wfo-0000297201
Ricinus communis var. violaceocaulis Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 34 1980 wfo-0000297202
Ricinus communis var. virens Popova Kulturnaya Fl. SSSR 7: 290 1941 — wfo-0000297206
Ricinus communis var. viridis Popova & Moshkin Kleshchevina (Nauch. Trudy Vasknil) 32 1980 wfo-0000297207
Ricinus communis f. viridis (Willd.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 — wfo-0000297208
Ricinus communis subsp. zanzibarinus Popova Kleshchevina izd. VIR 43 1930 — wfo-0000297209
Ricinus communis f. zebrinus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 60 1956 — wfo-0000297210
Ricinus communis f. zollingeri Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1018 1866 — wfo-0000297211
Ricinus communis f. zonatus T.Carvalho Anais Junta Invest. Ultramar 11(4): 50 1956 — wfo-0000297212
Ricinus compactus Huber Cat. Print. 1865: 8 1865 wfo-0000297213
Ricinus digitatus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 26 1790 wfo-0000297215
Ricinus europaeus T.Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. 38 1833 — wfo-0000297218
Ricinus giganteus Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. IV, 147, IX: 126 1919 — wfo-0000297222
Ricinus glaucus Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl. Nachtr. 2: 199 1826 wfo-0000297223
Ricinus hybridus Besser Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec Suppl. 2: 13 1814 — wfo-0000297225
Ricinus inermis Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 6 1768 — wfo-0000297226
Ricinus japonicus Thunb. Ricin. 4 1815 wfo-0000297228
Ricinus krappa Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 459 1841 wfo-0000297230
Ricinus laevis DC. Rapp. [Not.] Pl. Rar. Genève 1: 31 1823 wfo-0000297231
Ricinus leucocarpus Bertol. Giorn. Arcadico Sci. 21: 192 1824 wfo-0000297233
Ricinus lividus Jacq. Misc. Austriac. 2: 360 1781 wfo-0000297234
Ricinus macrocarpus Popova Kulturnaya Fl. SSSR 7: 278 1941 wfo-0000297235
Ricinus macrocarpus var. nudus Popova Kulturnaya Fl. SSSR 7: 287 1941 — wfo-0000297236
Ricinus macrophyllus Bertol. Giorn. Arcadico Sci. 21: 192 1824 wfo-0000297237
Ricinus medicus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 164 1775 wfo-0000297240
Ricinus medius J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1615 1792 wfo-0000297241
Ricinus megalosperma Delile Voy. Méroé 4: 89 1827 — wfo-0000297242
Ricinus messeniacus Heldr. Exsicc. (Herb. Graec. Norm.) 1480 1899 — wfo-0000297243
Ricinus metallicus Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. IV, 147, IX: 126 1919 — wfo-0000297244
Ricinus microcarpus Popova Kulturnaya Fl. SSSR 7: 287 1941 wfo-0000297245
Ricinus microcarpus var. atrovirens Popova Kulturnaya Fl. SSSR 7: 290 1941 — wfo-0000297246
Ricinus microcarpus var. spontaneus Popova Kulturnaya Fl. SSSR 7: 288 1941 — wfo-0000297247
Ricinus minor Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 7 1768 wfo-0000297249
Ricinus nanus Bald. Cat. Pl. ed. 1813: 65 1813 — wfo-0000297252
Ricinus obermannii Groenl. Rev. Hort. IV, 7: 601 1858 — wfo-0000297253
Ricinus peltatus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 2 1790 wfo-0000297255
Ricinus perennis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 459 1841 wfo-0000297256
Ricinus persicus Popova Trudy Byuro Evgen. 16: 229 1926 wfo-0000297257
Ricinus purpurascens Bertol. Misc. Bot. 9: 4 1851 wfo-0000297262
Ricinus ruber Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 390 1859 wfo-0000297263
Ricinus rugosus Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 4 1768 wfo-0000297264
Ricinus rutilans Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1017 1866 wfo-0000297265
Ricinus sanguineus Groenl. Rev. Hort. IV, 7: 601 1858 — wfo-0000297267
Ricinus scaber Bertol. ex Moris Stirp. Sard. Elench. 1: 41 1827 — wfo-0000297268
Ricinus speciosus Burm.f. Fl. Indica 207 1768 wfo-0000297269
Ricinus spectabilis Blume Bijdr. 623 1826 wfo-0000297271
Ricinus tunisensis Desf. Tabl. École Bot. ed. 3: 340 1829 wfo-0000297277
Ricinus undulatus Besser Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec 90 1811 wfo-0000297278
Ricinus urens Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 3 1768 wfo-0000297279
Ricinus viridis Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 564 1805 wfo-0000297280
Ricinus vulgaris Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 1 1768 wfo-0000297282
Ricinus vulgaris Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. 66 1764 — wfo-0000297283
Ricinus zanzibarinus Popova Kulturnaya Fl. SSSR 7: 292 1941 wfo-0000297285
Cataputia major Ludw. Ectypa Veg. t. 7 1760 wfo-0000792528
Cataputia minor Ludw. Def. Gen. Pl. ed. 3 81 1760 wfo-0000792529
Ricinus communis var. americanus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1017 1866 wfo-0000799571
Ricinus communis var. hybridus (Besser) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 wfo-0000799572
Ricinus communis var. macrophyllus Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 wfo-0000799574
Ricinus communis var. subpurpurascens Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1020 1866 wfo-0000799575
Ricinus communis subsp. africanus (Mill.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 647 1881 — wfo-0000802259
Ricinus communis subsp. scaber (Bertol. ex Moris) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 647 1881 — wfo-0000802260
Croton spinosus L. Sp. Pl. 1005 1753 wfo-0000932410
Ricinus megalospermus Delile Voy. Méroé 4: 89 1827 wfo-0001049339
Ricinus communis var. communis – – — wfo-0001273376