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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. Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 5: t. 460. ; ex G. Don, Gen. Syst. 1: 295 Link to external nomenclature reference 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 Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 14(4): 11 (1941) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000791771
Bixa orellana var. orellana wfo-0001277145
Bixa tinctoria Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 369 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001327560
Orellana americana var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 45 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001375453
Bixa odorata Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don wfo-1000057864