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Bixa orellana L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 512 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

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-0000342565.

Synonyms of Bixa orellana L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Orellana americana (Poir.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 1891 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000260223
Orellana americana var. leiocarpa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 45 1891 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000260224
Orellana orellana (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 9 1898 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000260225
Bixa upatensis Ram.Goyena Fl. Nicarag. 1: 217 1909 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000341547
Bixa acuminata Bojer Hortus Maurit. 20 1837 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000342499
Bixa americana Poir. Encycl. 6: 229 1804 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000342510
Bixa katangensis Delpierre Taxon 19: 304 1970 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000342543
Bixa odorata Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 295 1831 wfo-0000342554
Bixa orellana var. leiocarpa (Kuntze) Standl. & L.O.Williams Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 358 1961 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000342576
Bixa orleana Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 8 1790 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000342595
Bixa purpurea Sweet Hort. Brit. 33 1826 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000342617
Bixa tinctaria Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 369 1796 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000342638
Bixa orellana f. leiocarpa (Kuntze) J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 14(4): 11 1941 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000791771
Bixa orellana var. orellana wfo-0001277145