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Avicennia germinans (L.) L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl., ed. 3. 2: 891 (1764)  

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-0000302902.

Synonyms of Avicennia germinans (L.) L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Avicennia africana P.Beauv. Fl. Oware 1: 80 (1806) wfo-0000302806
Avicennia elliptica Thunb. Pl. Bras. 3: 37 (1821) wfo-0000302849
Avicennia elliptica var. martii Moldenke Phytologia 30: 15 (1975) wfo-0000302859
Avicennia floridana Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 64 (1918) wfo-0000302881
Avicennia floridana Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832) wfo-0000302891
Avicennia germinans f. aberrans Moldenke Phytologia 47: 222 (1980) wfo-0000302913
Avicennia germinans f. brasiliensis Moldenke Phytologia 47: 222 (1980) wfo-0000302924
Avicennia germinans var. cumanensis (Kunth) Moldenke Phytologia 30: 15 (1975) wfo-0000302935
Avicennia germinans var. guayaquilensis (Kunth) Moldenke Phytologia 29: 75 (1974) wfo-0000302946
Avicennia germinans f. venezuelensis Moldenke Phytologia 47: 222 (1980) wfo-0000302957
Avicennia lamarckiana C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 529 (1845) wfo-0000302991
Avicennia meyeri Miq. Linnaea 18: 262 (1845) wfo-0000303136
Avicennia nitida Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. 2: 142 (1894) wfo-0000303156
Avicennia nitida Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. : 25 (1760) wfo-0000303167
Avicennia nitida var. trinitensis Moldenke Phytologia 1: 96 (1934) wfo-0000303178
Avicennia oblongifolia Nutt. ex Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 310 (1860) wfo-0000303190
Avicennia officinalis var. lanceolata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 502 (1891) wfo-0000303245
Avicennia officinalis var. nitida Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 502 (1891) wfo-0000303256
Avicennia tomentosa Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. : 25 (1760) wfo-0000303344
Avicennia tomentosa var. campechensis Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. : 25 (1760) wfo-0000303372
Avicennia tomentosa var. cumanensis Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 229 (1818) wfo-0000303382
Avicennia tomentosa var. guayaquilensis Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 230 (1818) wfo-0000303393
Bontia germinans L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1122 (1759) wfo-0000350239
Bontia germinans L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1122. 1759 [7 Jun 1759] wfo-0000568832
Hilairanthus nitidus (Jacq.) Tiegh. J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 358 (1898) wfo-0000982350
Hilairanthus tomentosus (Jacq.) Tiegh. J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 358 (1898) wfo-0000982351
Avicennia germinans var. germinans wfo-0001144294
Hilairanthus germinans (L.) Cornejo Harvard Pap. Bot. 25: 233 (2020) wfo-1000023167