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Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng.

This species name was first published in Taxon 32: 440 (1983)  

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-0000324094.

Synonyms of Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Oxyceros malabaricus (Lam.) Tirveng. Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. 14: 4 (1981) wfo-0000261868
Posoqueria fragrans (Roxb.) J.Koenig ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 567 (1824) wfo-0000281168
Randia fragrans (Roxb.) Bedd. Fl. Sylv. S. India : cxxxii (1874) wfo-0000294469
Randia malabarica Lam. Encycl. 3: 25 (1789) wfo-0000294604
Stylocoryna malabarica DC. Prodr. 4: 377 (1830) wfo-0000317489
Stylocoryna pandaki DC. Prodr. 4: 377 (1830) wfo-0000317502
Stylocoryna rheedei Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 576 (1833) wfo-0000317512
Benkara galia Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 98 (1838) wfo-0000324083
Benkara pandacaki (J.F.Gmel.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 3 (2001) wfo-0000336014
Canthium recurvum Wall. Numer. List : n.° 8284 (1847) wfo-0000799573
Catunaregam malabarica (Lam.) Sivar. Fl. Calicut : 131 (1982) wfo-0000824440
Xeromphis malabarica (Lam.) D.C.S.Raju Excurs. Fl. Simachalam Hills 13 (1966) wfo-0000837864
Gardenia fragrans Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 2: 19 (1800) wfo-0000970920
Gardenia pandacaki J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. : 434 (1791) wfo-0000971077
Griffithia fragrans (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 400 (1834) wfo-0000975551