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June 2025

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Trichodesma africanum (L.) Sm.

This species name was first published in Cycl. 36: n.º 2 (1817)  

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-0000410966.

Synonyms of Trichodesma africanum (L.) Sm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Pollichia africana (L.) Medik. Bot. Beobacht. (1783) 248. wfo-0000397626
Trichodesma giganteum Quézel Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 48: 96 (1957) wfo-0000410586
Trichodesma fruticosum Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 39: 136 (1949) wfo-0000410593
Trichodesma gracile Batt. & Trab. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 627 (1911 publ. 1912) wfo-0000410595
Boraginella africana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 435 (1891) wfo-0000568923
Borago africana L. Sp. Pl. : 138 (1753) wfo-0000568948
Borago verrucosa Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 41 (1775) wfo-0000568972
Borraginoides aculeata Moench Methodus : 516 (1794) wfo-0000569369
Borraginoides africana Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. (Hiern) 1(3): 721. 1898 wfo-0000569370
Friedrichsthalia schimperi Bunge Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1843: vii (1843) wfo-0000692476
Trichodesma africanum (L.) Lehm. Pl. Fam. Asperif. 195. 1818 wfo-0001215467