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Terminalia catappa L.

This species name was first published in Mant. Pl. : 128 (1767)  

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-0000406800.

Synonyms of Terminalia catappa L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Myrobalanus commersonii Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 237 (1891) wfo-0000376635
Myrobalanus badamia Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 707 (1814) wfo-0000376696
Myrobalanus rubrigemmis (Tul.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 237 (1891) wfo-0000376810
Terminalia burmanica King ex Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73: 204 (1904) wfo-0000406929
Terminalia kydiana Roxb. ex Wall. Numer. List : n.° 3974 (1831) wfo-0000408724
Terminalia mauritiana Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2. : 264 (1845) wfo-0000408862
Buceras catappa (L.) Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 85 (1893) wfo-0000573350
Terminalia intermedia Bertero ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 359 (1825) wfo-0001279134
Juglans catappa (L.) Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 573 (1790) wfo-0001280566
Myrobalanus catappa (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 237 (1891) wfo-0001280567
Terminalia catappa var. chlorocarpa Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10: 145 (1843) wfo-0001280568
Terminalia catappa var. macrocarpa Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10: 145 (1843) wfo-0001280569
Terminalia catappa var. rhodocarpa Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10: 145 (1843) wfo-0001280570
Terminalia catappa var. subcordata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) DC. Prodr. 3: 11 (1828) wfo-0001280571
Terminalia latifolia Blanco Fl. Filip. : 376 (1837) wfo-0001280572
Terminalia moluccana Lam. Encycl. 1: 349 (1785) wfo-0001280573
Terminalia ovatifolia Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 27 (1790) wfo-0001280575
Terminalia paraensis Mart. Flora 24(2 Beibl.): 24 (1841) wfo-0001280576
Terminalia subcordata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 968 (1806) wfo-0001280577
Terminalia rubrigemmis Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 6: 102 (1856) wfo-0001296378
Terminalia badamia sensu Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 6: 92 1856 wfo-0001296379
Terminalia catappa var. pubescens Kurz Forest Fl. Burma 1: 454 (1877) wfo-1200025208